Judge Personal Belief Equals Sufficiency
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
14572_barnabas-at-the-sanctuary · CRIMINAL · Choice AShe may grant a directed verdict for the prosecution if she finds that the congregation witnesses' testimony about Barnabas's state of mind is not credible.
Why it's attractive
The stem places the burden on the prosecution. Measuring defense witness credibility tracks the wrong party.
Why it's wrong
The stem places the burden on the prosecution. Measuring defense witness credibility tracks the wrong party.
14572_barnabas-at-the-sanctuary · CRIMINAL · Choice BShe may grant a directed verdict for the prosecution if she is personally persuaded by the psychiatrist's testimony that Barnabas was sane beyond a reasonable doubt.
Why it's attractive
A directed verdict in a criminal case never runs for the prosecution on a disputed factual element, regardless of the judge's personal belief. Gold Key GK-CRIMINAL-DV-CRIM-01 kills this.
Why it's wrong
A directed verdict in a criminal case never runs for the prosecution on a disputed factual element, regardless of the judge's personal belief. Gold Key GK-CRIMINAL-DV-CRIM-01 kills this.
14572_barnabas-at-the-sanctuary · CRIMINAL · Choice DShe may not grant a directed verdict for the defense, because the prosecution presented expert testimony while the defense relied only on lay witnesses.
Why it's attractive
No anchor or stem fact creates an expert-vs-lay bar on directed verdicts. The choice invents a threshold not present in the legal framework.
Why it's wrong
No anchor or stem fact creates an expert-vs-lay bar on directed verdicts. The choice invents a threshold not present in the legal framework.
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