Kidnapping Only Where Threat Begins
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
- Criminal Law1
Example wrong choices
14736_camp_van_crossing · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice ANo, because the restraint was merely part of taking the wallet and van.
Why it's attractive
The student sees robbery and remembers that some robbery restraint is too small for kidnapping. The breaker is that the facts give several miles of forced travel before the remote taking.
Why it's wrong
This overapplies the incidental-restraint limit; several miles of forced movement before the remote stop is enough under the MPC anchor.
Spot it next time
Find the miles of movement and ask whether they helped the felony or flight.
14736_camp_van_crossing · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice BNo, because any kidnapping was completed before the van crossed the state line.
Why it's attractive
The student anchors on where the gun first appeared and treats the offense as finished there. The breaker is that the call state has its own forced movement facts.
Why it's wrong
This freezes the offense in the home state even though the stem gives forced movement inside the charging state.
Spot it next time
Underline the neighboring-state travel before answering jurisdictionally.
14736_camp_van_crossing · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice DYes, because Hannah effectively bought her release when Paul took her wallet and cash.
Why it's attractive
The student recognizes ransom as a kidnapping word and tries to fit the stolen cash into that bucket. The breaker is that robbery proceeds are not a release price and ransom is unnecessary here.
Why it's wrong
This switches to ransom; the money was robbery proceeds, and ransom is not the needed basis for conviction.
Spot it next time
Ask whether the reason is needed for the conviction the call asks about.
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