Malice Means Intent Only
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
14714_grape_arbor_pellets · CRIMINAL · Choice Anot guilty, because she did not intend to kill or to cause serious physical injury.
Why it's attractive
The choice treats lack of intent to injure as dispositive even though the charged word is malice.
Why it's wrong
The choice treats lack of intent to injure as dispositive even though the charged word is malice.
14714_grape_arbor_pellets · CRIMINAL · Choice Cguilty, because there is no privilege to use force against a person who is too young to be criminally responsible.
Why it's attractive
The choice makes the child's criminal capacity the reason for guilt, but the statute asks whether Lydia maliciously caused serious injury.
Why it's wrong
The choice makes the child's criminal capacity the reason for guilt, but the statute asks whether Lydia maliciously caused serious injury.
14714_grape_arbor_pellets · CRIMINAL · Choice Dnot guilty, because the child was trespassing and Lydia used what she believed was nondeadly force.
Why it's attractive
The choice turns trespass and a less-lethal label into a complete defense.
Why it's wrong
The choice turns trespass and a less-lethal label into a complete defense.
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