Answer question with a YES or NO and a brief explanation as…
Answer question with a YES or NO and a brief explanation as to why you chose this answer. A funeral home charges casket setup fee that covers the cost of taking delivery of a casket, unpacking and inspecting it and placing it in the funeral home. This charge is incorporated into the price of each casket sold by the funeral home, but is charged separately for third-party caskets brought into the funeral home. Is this a permissible charge under the Funeral Rule?
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Police are relieved to have finally arrested a man who had been molesting children at local parks. Some of the children were as young as 6 years old. Once he is out on bond, he goes to a lawyer’s office to attempt to retain an attorney. He is telling attorney Smith about how he gets excited just looking at a child and he cannot control himself. He states he would like to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. The lawyer finally tells the man that he is repulsive and he will not represent him! The secretary has overheard the entire conversation and tells her husband, the lead Detective in the case. He tells the prosecutor to subpoena his wife, as she has some great information. May the wife/secretary testify? Why or why not?
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A police officer conducted an unlawful search of Fred’s vehicle. When the police office momentarily stepped away from the vehicle, Fred sped away. With the police officer in pursuit, Fred opens the window in the vehicle and voluntarily throws narcotics out the vehicle’s window. The drugs are subsequently seized by the police in Fred’s arrest for possession of narcotics. Fred files a motion to suppress the narcotics. How would the court most likely rule on Fred’s motion?
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Officer Smith is walking a beat when a store owner comes running out of his store. He tells the officer that a man running from the scene just held him up (robbed him). Officer Smith gives chase and is able to catch the man. He immediately places the man under arrest. The man later claims the arrest was illegal. Was it?
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