Mistake
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 2 active questions. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL2
Example wrong choices
17993_peters_scabbard · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because Peter's belief was mistaken.
Why it's attractive
Honest mistake negates intent.
Why it's wrong
Honest mistake negates intent.
21700_king_solomons_banquet · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, but only of involuntary manslaughter because the steward drank by mistake.
Why it's attractive
Manslaughter not applicable for intentional homicide.
Why it's wrong
Manslaughter not applicable for intentional homicide.
21700_king_solomons_banquet · CRIMINAL · Choice CNo, because hemlock requires the intended victim to consume it.
Why it's attractive
No requirement that victim must be intended.
Why it's wrong
No requirement that victim must be intended.
21700_king_solomons_banquet · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because Solomon intended to kill Adonijah, not the steward.
Why it's attractive
Transferred intent bridges the gap.
Why it's wrong
Transferred intent bridges the gap.
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