Ineffective Assistance Is Any Lawyer Mistake
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
16173_jury-verdict-book-booth · CRIMINAL · Choice AReverse the conviction, because the defense attorney's failure to object before the jury announced its verdict constituted ineffective assistance of counsel.
Why it's attractive
It blames counsel even though the visible trial event is the judge directing guilt.
Why it's wrong
It blames counsel even though the visible trial event is the judge directing guilt.
16173_jury-verdict-book-booth · CRIMINAL · Choice CAffirm the conviction, because the defense attorney failed to timely object to the judge's action.
Why it's attractive
It turns late objection into an automatic affirmance.
Why it's wrong
It turns late objection into an automatic affirmance.
16173_jury-verdict-book-booth · CRIMINAL · Choice DAffirm the conviction, because the prosecution presented eyewitness, fingerprint, and cash evidence conclusively establishing Paul's guilt.
Why it's attractive
It answers proof strength instead of who must decide guilt.
Why it's wrong
It answers proof strength instead of who must decide guilt.
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