TLETA Week 1 exam 2024 with 100% correct answers

What is our state court system derived from? - correct answer English common law Tennessee's state court system is an offspring of ______ interpretation. - correct answer North Carolina "The judges of the supreme, appellate, chancery, circuit, general sessions, and juvenile courts throughout the state, judicial commissioners and county executives in those officer's respective counties" = ? - correct answer magistrate What officials are magistrates? - correct answer judges, judicial commissioners No person can be committed to prison on any criminal matter without first being examined by a _________. - correct answer magistrate "A warrant of commitment to prison in writing" = ? - correct answer mittimus "Written statement signed and sworn to before an official, saying the who/what/when/where of the offense" = ? - correct answer affidavit "Written order commanding that a person be arrested" = ? - correct answer warrant What is a preliminary hearing screening for? - correct answer probable cause Is a preliminary hearing a constitutional right or a statutory right? - correct answer not constitutional, generally statutory