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Question Torts | Privileges and Defenses | ESSAY Hard

At a restaurant, Devin saw Pat raise a glass bottle over Pat's head while standing two feet from Devin's sister, Ana....

...eaking it. Pat sues Devin for battery. Devin asserts self-defense and defense of others. Pat argues that any privilege ended once the bottle was dropped. Analyze Devin's privilege defenses for the shove and the later sto...

Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | ESSAY Hard

A buyer agreed to purchase a small apartment building from a seller. Before signing, the buyer asked whether the base...

...accepted immediately. Analyze the buyer's and contractor's potential defenses based on misrepresentation, nondisclosure, mistake, and risk allocation. This essay tests misrepresentation, nondisclosure, mutual mistake, u...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 159, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 161, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 164, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 152, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 153, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 154

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Right to Counsel and Trial Rights | ESSAY Hard

Malik was charged with armed robbery of a delivery driver. His defense was mistaken identity. Malik subpoenaed Jada,...

Malik was charged with armed robbery of a delivery driver. His defense was mistaken identity. Malik subpoenaed Jada, who would testify that she saw another man drop a handgun and delivery bag in an alley two blocks away...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. VI, Washington v. Texas, Chambers v. Mississippi, Brady v. Maryland, Smith v. Phillips

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Inchoate Offenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

After agreeing to rob a store and after a co-conspirator bought masks, a defendant told the others, "I am out, and I...

...y a week later without him. Which statement best describes the effect of withdrawal? The best answer states the usual effect of withdrawal from conspiracy. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 5.03

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

Serena, a licensed nurse with no criminal record, volunteered at a clinic. An undercover officer posing as a patient...

...owner is charged with aggravated battery. Analyze Serena's entrapment defense and the pawnshop owner's defense-of-property argument. This essay tests entrapment, predisposition, inducement, and the limits on defense of p...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.13, Model Penal Code 3.06

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Hard

A buyer and seller contracted for the sale of a parcel that both believed could be used for a four-unit apartment bui...

...oning risk. Which statement best describes the buyer's mutual-mistake defense? The best answer states the mutual-mistake rule and the risk-allocation limit. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 151, Restatement (Second) of...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 151, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 152, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 154, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Hard

A contractor submitted a written bid of $82,000 for a school renovation. The next lowest bid was $124,000. The school...

A contractor submitted a written bid of $82,000 for a school renovation. The next lowest bid was $124,000. The school board's purchasing officer noticed that the contractor's bid appeared to omit the HVAC line item shown...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 153, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Hard

A homeowner selling a house told a buyer, "The roof has never leaked." The homeowner knew that the roof leaked during...

...igned a purchase contract. Which statement best describes the buyer's defense? The best answer states the elements for avoiding a contract based on misrepresentation. Restatement (Second) of Contracts 159, Restatement (S...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 159, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 161, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 164, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | ESSAY Hard

A restaurant owner agreed to pay a consultant $15,000 if the consultant would "take care of" a failed health inspecti...

.... Analyze illegality, public policy, licensing, and unconscionability defenses in these transactions. This essay tests illegality, public policy, licensing violations, and unconscionability. Restatement (Second) of C...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 178, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 179, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 208, UCC 2-302, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

A store owner saw a thief run out of the store carrying a boxed television. The thief was twenty feet away, running t...

A store owner saw a thief run out of the store carrying a boxed television. The thief was twenty feet away, running toward an empty alley, and had not threatened anyone. The owner shouted, "Stop or I will shoot." When th...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 3.06

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

After voluntarily drinking a large amount of whiskey, a man entered a warehouse at night, picked up a toolbox, and wa...

After voluntarily drinking a large amount of whiskey, a man entered a warehouse at night, picked up a toolbox, and walked toward the loading dock. When a guard stopped him, the man swung the toolbox and struck the guard...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.08

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

An undercover officer repeatedly begged a pharmacist's assistant to sell prescription pills without a prescription, f...

...f pressure. Which statement best describes the assistant's entrapment defense under the common subjective test? The best answer states the common subjective entrapment test. NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 2.13

Question Torts | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

At 5:45 a.m., before sunrise, Jordan jogged along the right edge of a rural road wearing dark clothing and no reflect...

...clothing bars recovery. Analyze the driver's contributory-negligence defense and Jordan's last-clear-chance response. This essay tests contributory negligence and the last-clear-chance exception. NCBE MBE Subject Matter...

Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

Because of a severe psychotic disorder, a defendant believed that his neighbor had been replaced by a metal robot. Th...

Because of a severe psychotic disorder, a defendant believed that his neighbor had been replaced by a metal robot. The defendant struck the neighbor with a hammer, killing him. The defendant is charged with murder and ra...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 4.01

Question Criminal Law and Procedure | Defenses | ESSAY Hard

Dr. Lane, a university chemist with a long history of psychotic episodes, became convinced that a museum's antique co...

...lary, larceny, and property damage. Analyze Lane's potential insanity defense under the M'Naghten, irresistible-impulse, and Model Penal Code substantial-capacity approaches. Also explain how insanity differs from compet...

Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Law, Model Penal Code 4.01

Question Torts | Privileges and Defenses | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Medium

Fire officials reasonably believed that a warehouse had to be demolished immediately to create a firebreak and stop a...

...s consent. Which statement best describes the city's intentional-tort defense? This question tests public necessity. NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts

Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | ESSAY Hard

A 17-year-old student bought a high-end laptop from an electronics store for $2,400 on a six-month payment plan. The...

...to cancel that lease based on infancy. Analyze the student's capacity defenses and likely liabilities on the laptop contract, the dental bill, and the studio lease. This essay tests infancy, disaffirmance, necessaries, r...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts

Question Contracts | Defenses and Capacity | MULTIPLE_CHOICE Hard

A 17-year-old who lived away from home was taken to a hospital after a car accident. The hospital provided emergency...

...the usual market rate. The minor later refused to pay, asserting lack of capacity. Which statement best describes the hospital's recovery? The best answer applies the necessaries exception for minors. Restatement (Second...

Citations: Restatement (Second) of Contracts 12, Restatement (Second) of Contracts 14, NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Contracts