Interior Location Controls
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
- Criminal Law1
Example wrong choices
21869_tiny_house_hymn_sheet · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice AYes, because the tip gave officers reasonable suspicion that Timothy was inside.
Why it's attractive
The tip makes the police seem specifically focused rather than fishing. The breaker is that suspicion level is not the authority needed to enter a third party’s home.
Why it's wrong
The choice uses reasonable suspicion as the authority for entering a third party's home. The Gold Key requires a search warrant for that home or a valid exception.
Spot it next time
Ask whether the answer supplies a warrant or valid exception for the home entered.
21869_tiny_house_hymn_sheet · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice BYes, because an arrest warrant travels with the suspect into any private home.
Why it's attractive
The answer treats an arrest warrant as portable authority that follows Timothy wherever he goes. The breaker is the Gold Key: a person warrant does not become a place warrant for Lydia’s home.
Why it's wrong
The phrase 'any private home' overextends the arrest warrant. The Gold Key separates a person warrant from a place warrant.
Spot it next time
Mark 'any private home' as the overclaim and apply the Gold Key.
21869_tiny_house_hymn_sheet · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice CNo, but only because Timothy was seized in the prayer nook rather than at the front door.
Why it's attractive
The prayer nook is a vivid concrete fact, so it feels legally operative. The breaker is the Silver Key: entry authority is decided at the door, not by the room where the arrest happens.
Why it's wrong
The prayer-nook fact concerns where Timothy was found after entry. The call asks whether entry was lawful.
Spot it next time
Resolve the door before the room.
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