During a Trial, the Judge Admonishes Baruch and His Fellow

question 56

Multiple Choice

During a trial, the judge admonishes Baruch and his fellow jurors to ignore a damaging letter written by the defendant. Baruch will be most likely to do so if the

• A) letter was obtained illegally, and is not very emotionally charged.
• B) letter is not very emotionally charged, and is hard to read.
• C) judge is particularly forceful in this admonition.
• D) pre-trial publicity surrounding the case made explicit mention of the letter.

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