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Intoxication Always Requires Bac Evidence

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.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 17228_harvest_supper_lay_intoxication · EVIDENCE · Choice AOverrule the objection only if Lydia first states Barnabas's blood-alcohol level.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice adds a chemical-number condition the call did not require.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice adds a chemical-number condition the call did not require.

  • 17228_harvest_supper_lay_intoxication · EVIDENCE · Choice BSustain the objection because only an expert may testify about intoxication.

    Why it's attractive

    The choice turns an ordinary appearance opinion into an expert-only matter.

    Why it's wrong

    The choice turns an ordinary appearance opinion into an expert-only matter.

  • 17228_harvest_supper_lay_intoxication · EVIDENCE · Choice DSustain the objection because lay witnesses may never give opinions.

    Why it's attractive

    The word never is too absolute for an evidence rule that has a named allowance.

    Why it's wrong

    The word never is too absolute for an evidence rule that has a named allowance.

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