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Wrong Jurisdiction Misstated Rule Sounds Lawyerly

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.”

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  • CRIMINAL1

Example wrong choices

  • 16021_motorboat-sinker-stephen · CRIMINAL · Choice DStephen's violation of the statute requiring an operator's certificate made him guilty of culpable negligence per se, since the statute was designed to protect other waterway users against unqualified operators.

    Why it's attractive

    Negligence per se is a civil-tort doctrine; it has no criminal-law counterpart. The criminal standard is gross/criminal negligence, not per-se liability from statutory violation alone. Cut as NOT_TRUE.

    Why it's wrong

    Negligence per se is a civil-tort doctrine; it has no criminal-law counterpart. The criminal standard is gross/criminal negligence, not per-se liability from statutory violation alone. Cut as NOT_TRUE.

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