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This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 3 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
- CRIMINAL3
Example wrong choices
14566_choir_alibi_immunity · CRIMINAL · Choice AAsk Lydia's lawyer to explain that ordinary evidence rules do not control grand-jury proceedings and that Lydia must answer.
Why it's attractive
Evidence-rule language does not answer a privilege claim.
Why it's wrong
Evidence-rule language does not answer a privilege claim.
14566_choir_alibi_immunity · CRIMINAL · Choice CPrepare the documents necessary to grant Lydia immunity from any future prosecution for any crime her testimony might disclose.
Why it's attractive
The call asks least harm; this gives extra immunity.
Why it's wrong
The call asks least harm; this gives extra immunity.
14566_choir_alibi_immunity · CRIMINAL · Choice DRequest that the grand jury simply order Lydia to answer the question.
Why it's attractive
A command alone does not cure self-incrimination.
Why it's wrong
A command alone does not cure self-incrimination.
14567_bookstore_bedroom_miranda · CRIMINAL · Choice AThe statement was not voluntary.
Why it's attractive
Voluntariness is harder than the obvious warning defect.
Why it's wrong
Voluntariness is harder than the obvious warning defect.
14567_bookstore_bedroom_miranda · CRIMINAL · Choice BThe police did not have a search warrant authorizing entry into the house.
Why it's attractive
Entry into the suspect home is not the statement defect.
Why it's wrong
Entry into the suspect home is not the statement defect.
14567_bookstore_bedroom_miranda · CRIMINAL · Choice DDaniel was not told he was under arrest until after he made the statement.
Why it's attractive
Custody does not wait for magic words.
Why it's wrong
Custody does not wait for magic words.
14571_boarded_cottage_payton · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because the officers entered the cottage by means of excessive force.
Why it's attractive
Force is vivid but not the dispositive warrant limit.
Why it's wrong
Force is vivid but not the dispositive warrant limit.
14571_boarded_cottage_payton · CRIMINAL · Choice BNo, because the officers acted in good faith under the authority of a valid warrant.
Why it's attractive
Valid warrant is only half the Payton rule.
Why it's wrong
Valid warrant is only half the Payton rule.
14571_boarded_cottage_payton · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because the officers did not violate any legitimate expectation of privacy since Ruth had abandoned the cottage.
Why it's attractive
Neglect facts do not equal abandoned privacy.
Why it's wrong
Neglect facts do not equal abandoned privacy.
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