This is the actual question (link works in the classic version, not the new one):
A young man suggested to his friend that they steal a large-screen TV from a neighbor’s house. The friend was angry with the young man and decided to use the opportunity to get even with him by having him arrested. The friend said he would help, and that night, he drove the young man to the neighbor’s house. The young man broke in while the friend remained outside. The friend called the police on his cell phone and then drove away. Police officers arrived at the scene just as the young man was carrying the TV out the back door.
The jurisdiction defines crimes as at common law. Of what crime, if any, can the friend properly be convicted?
Burglary HAS to be committed at nighttime? What does nighttime mean? Is it PM? After sunset? What if I break in at 12:01 but it's still dark out? What if I break in at dawn?
Granted I'm sure B&E will cover all of these hypotheticals but it's crazy that we have a different definition because of "nighttime" and, I assume, different sentencing guidelines
EDIT: just found out that breaking and entering and burglary are interchangeable in canada, but not the US. wild.
Alrighty... I must come to the conclusion that it is not time to study for the bar considering that the page cannot be found. Oh thank god. I live another day.
Now that we've completed this fun lesson, we have passed the "bar exam" administered by 7Sage. We are now fully licensed attorneys. See y'all in court! /j
#feedback The full version of the question states that the answer is (A), no crime, whereas this page says it's (D). It was a bit confusing because it seems like the question here focuses what Attila can be convicted of, whereas the explanation on the MBE sample page focuses on that of Lushan (the friend).
In the original, full version of the question, Attila and Lushan are only called "the young man" and "the friend." Without the names, the stimulus suddenly seems more difficult to read. It's weird, but nothing new. Guess the need for grammar parsing isn't going away anytime soon.
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The links to the bar questions don't work
the link doesn’t work
This is the actual question (link works in the classic version, not the new one):
A young man suggested to his friend that they steal a large-screen TV from a neighbor’s house. The friend was angry with the young man and decided to use the opportunity to get even with him by having him arrested. The friend said he would help, and that night, he drove the young man to the neighbor’s house. The young man broke in while the friend remained outside. The friend called the police on his cell phone and then drove away. Police officers arrived at the scene just as the young man was carrying the TV out the back door.
The jurisdiction defines crimes as at common law. Of what crime, if any, can the friend properly be convicted?
A. No crime.
B. Conspiracy.
C. Burglary.
D. Conspiracy and larceny.
Burglary HAS to be committed at nighttime? What does nighttime mean? Is it PM? After sunset? What if I break in at 12:01 but it's still dark out? What if I break in at dawn?
Granted I'm sure B&E will cover all of these hypotheticals but it's crazy that we have a different definition because of "nighttime" and, I assume, different sentencing guidelines
EDIT: just found out that breaking and entering and burglary are interchangeable in canada, but not the US. wild.
Bar Exam question was interesting, makes me want to take the bar exam....with J.Y. helping me lol.
I just realized I had no idea what burglary actually meant until this very moment in time!
Alrighty... I must come to the conclusion that it is not time to study for the bar considering that the page cannot be found. Oh thank god. I live another day.
Bar question link 404'd
#feedback Links to the bar exam question still do not work.
The link to see the bar question does not work for me.
#feedback the hyperlinks to see the bar exam question do not work. Takes me to a 404 "Page not found"
cant see the content of the actual links
Links to bar exam questions and explanation are broken on the new site.
Now that we've completed this fun lesson, we have passed the "bar exam" administered by 7Sage. We are now fully licensed attorneys. See y'all in court! /j
This was a wonderful introduction to the bar. I'm both terrified and excited to get there one day.
The bar example is way more interesting than any situation we have been introduced to for the LSAT
#feedback The full version of the question states that the answer is (A), no crime, whereas this page says it's (D). It was a bit confusing because it seems like the question here focuses what Attila can be convicted of, whereas the explanation on the MBE sample page focuses on that of Lushan (the friend).
Loved this!! I feel motivated again
Genuinely very smart to include this lesson at this point in the syllabus!
I felt like I just went outside and touched grass, thank you for this.
ok but you see... this makes sense
In the original, full version of the question, Attila and Lushan are only called "the young man" and "the friend." Without the names, the stimulus suddenly seems more difficult to read. It's weird, but nothing new. Guess the need for grammar parsing isn't going away anytime soon.
This was such a breath of fresh air. Thank you for sharing and helping us remember WHY we are doing this. This was a lot of fun!
this was my absolute favorite lesson.