MisconceptionObserved in bank
Valid Arrest Warrant Alone Authorizes Any Home Entry
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
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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