Jury Decides Everything
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
20565_purple_gear_hymnbook_tote · EVIDENCE · Choice AAdmit the gear because the manufacturer can argue about its weight.
Why it's attractive
The choice sells the common instinct that flaws go only to weight once the item is in the courtroom. The breaker is the missing foundation gate; without a threshold link, the jury never reaches weight.
Why it's wrong
A answers the later weight question before the foundation gate is crossed.
Spot it next time
Ask whether there is any foundation link before discussing weight.
20565_purple_gear_hymnbook_tote · EVIDENCE · Choice CExclude the gear only if the manufacturer proves it came from some other device.
Why it's attractive
The choice sells a burden-shift story: exclude only after the opponent proves a different source. The breaker is the proponent's first move; the offering party must supply the link.
Why it's wrong
C reverses the first-showing burden by requiring the opponent to prove another source.
Spot it next time
Ask who is offering the item and who must supply the first link.
20565_purple_gear_hymnbook_tote · EVIDENCE · Choice DAdmit the gear because any physical object may be considered by the jury.
Why it's attractive
The choice sells trust-the-jury breadth and makes all physical things sound eligible. The breaker is the word any; the rule still requires a case connection.
Why it's wrong
D overclaims by saying any physical object may be considered by the jury.
Spot it next time
Mark 'any' and check whether the rule really has no gate.
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