In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
One example is below.
Q: Drapeau's cohorts, the cohort would be a "victim" of making the bomb. Further, firebombs are inherently dangerous. There is no peaceful purpose for making a bomb. Felony offenses that involve explosives qualify as "violent crimes" for purposes of enhancing the sentences of career offenders. See 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) (defining a "violent felony" as: "any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year ... that ... involves use of explosives"). Courts have found possession of a'bomb to be a crime of violence based on the lack of a nonviolent purpose for a bomb and the fact that, by its very nature, there is a substantial risk that the bomb would be used against the person or property of another. See United States v. Newman, 125 F.3d 863 (10th Cir.1997) (unpublished) (<HOLDING>); United States v. Dodge, 846 F.Supp. 181,, Holding statements: (A) holding that possession of a pipe bomb is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 usc 3142f1 (B) holding that bank robbery by force and violence or intimidation under 18 usc 2113a is a crime of violence (C) holding that sexual assault of a child qualified as crime of violence under 18 usc 16 (D) holding for the purposes of 18 usc 924e that being a felon in possession of a firearm is not a violent felony as defined in 18 usc 924e2b (E) holding that a court must only look to the statutory definition not the underlying circumstances of the crime to determine whether a given offense is by its nature a crime of violence for purposes of 18 usc 16
A: (A)
Rationale: It's a good example. Based on the given prompt, option (A) is correct.
Q: Street. As Ferguson turned onto Hulme, he observed Throneberry's car "fishtail" out of the alley without stopping. Both Officer Ferguson and his passenger, who was a city councilman on a "ride-along," testified that Throneberry's headlights were not turned on when he exited the alley. Ferguson's police report, however, indicated that Throneberry turned the lights off about 100 yards down the street after he exited the alley. Ferguson further testified that, when he observed Throneberry's car fishtail out of the alley, he activated his emergency lights and siren in an attempt to stop Throneberry's vehicle. According to these facts, the jury could reasonably have found that Throneberry violated section 545.256 of the transportation code, which prov Houston [1st Dist.] 1986, no pet.) (<HOLDING>). This same line of cases also holds that such
Holding statements: (A) holding that a passenger in a stopped vehicle was seized when she was escorted from the car to the front of two police cars that had their overhead lights turned on separated from the driver by two officers and separated from her purse which remained in the car (B) holding a police officer who was pursuing a fleeing suspect was immune from his torts when he ran a red light and collided with plaintiffs vehicle (C) holding that accelerating a car so that it screeched and fishtailed a bit was sufficient for offense (D) holding that accelerating a car so that its tires spun when a light turned from red to green was sufficient (E) holding that accelerating a car so that it threw gravel on police car was enough to satisfy exhibition of speed violation
A:
(D)