Leaving Scene Equals Exigency
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
14570_manger_tote · CRIMINAL · Choice AGrant the motion, because the officers should have taken Ruth’s tote and then sought a warrant to search it.
Why it's attractive
Same result as the credited answer, but it skips the basis for taking the tote.
Why it's wrong
Same result as the credited answer, but it skips the basis for taking the tote.
14570_manger_tote · CRIMINAL · Choice BDeny the motion, because Ruth was about to leave on the city shuttle and exigent circumstances existed.
Why it's attractive
The answer turns ordinary travel into an emergency label.
Why it's wrong
The answer turns ordinary travel into an emergency label.
14570_manger_tote · CRIMINAL · Choice DDeny the motion, because Ruth had been in the minivan and the officers had probable cause to search the minivan.
Why it's attractive
It talks about probable cause to search the minivan, but the call is about Ruth’s tote.
Why it's wrong
It talks about probable cause to search the minivan, but the call is about Ruth’s tote.
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