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Joinder Misread As Requiring Single Transaction

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

  • 17495_barnabas-joinder · CRIMINAL · Choice ANo, because the April 10 and April 25 robberies are not part of a single transaction and cannot be joined without satisfying the identity-of-evidence test

    Why it's wrong

    Choice A is not the credited answer for this item.

  • 17495_barnabas-joinder · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because each robbery is a separate criminal act and may not be joined in a single indictment unless the defendant consents

    Why it's wrong

    Choice C is not the credited answer for this item.

  • 17495_barnabas-joinder · CRIMINAL · Choice DYes, because joinder of offenses is always proper when a single defendant is charged

    Why it's wrong

    Choice D is not the credited answer for this item.

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