Jury Instruction Is The Legal Basis For Admission
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
22236_orchard_wagon_claims_log · EVIDENCE · Choice ANo, because it is possible that some tow-bar failures happened but were never reported to the company.
Why it's attractive
The answer complains that the evidence might be incomplete, but it does not defeat the basic foundation shown in the stem.
Why it's wrong
The answer complains that the evidence might be incomplete, but it does not defeat the basic foundation shown in the stem.
22236_orchard_wagon_claims_log · EVIDENCE · Choice CNo, because negative evidence is inherently unreliable.
Why it's attractive
It states an absolute rule that negative evidence is inherently unreliable.
Why it's wrong
It states an absolute rule that negative evidence is inherently unreliable.
22236_orchard_wagon_claims_log · EVIDENCE · Choice DYes, because the judge gave the jury a special instruction about the uncertainty of negative evidence.
Why it's attractive
The judge's instruction may be true, but it does not supply the doctrine that makes the testimony admissible.
Why it's wrong
The judge's instruction may be true, but it does not supply the doctrine that makes the testimony admissible.
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