LETI - Missouri POST TEST [2024] Questions And Answers
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MISSOURI POST
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MISSOURI POST
What is the 1st amendment? - ANS Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
What is the 4th amendment? - ANS Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
What is the 5th amendment? - ANS The right to remain silent, due process, right to not self incriminate.
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LETI - Missouri POST TEST [2024]
Questions And Answers
What is the 1st amendment? - ANS Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and
Petition
What is the 4th amendment? - ANS Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
What is the 5th amendment? - ANS The right to remain silent, due process, right to not self
incriminate.
What is the 6th amendment? - ANS Right to a speedy and public trial.
What is the 8th amendment? - ANS No cruel or unusual punishment
What is the 10th amendment? - ANS States rights
What crimes have no time limitations? - ANS murder, 1st degree rape, forcible rape, attempted
rape in the 1st degree, sodomy 1st, attempted forcible sodomy, any class A felony
What is a crime? - ANS Criminal charges/case
What is a Tort? - ANS Civil Case
Criminal case evidence must be: - ANS Beyond reasonable doubt
Civil case is brought by the: - ANS preponderance of evidence
What is the exclusionary rule? - ANS All Evidence Which Is Obtained By You Illegally Is
Inadmissible
What does a judge issue and set? - ANS Warrant / Bail
What are the 10 steps to the criminal process? - ANS 1. Detention (arrest)
2. Investigation
3. Booking
4. Arrest Warrant Application
5. Charging Suspect
6. Issuance of Arrest Warrant
For detention you need: - ANS Reasonable suspicion
For arrest you need: - ANS Probable cause
What is reasonable suspcison? - ANS Facts leading a reasonable officer/person to suspect a
crime has been committed and it was committed by the person in question.
What is probable cause? - ANS
If you have probably cause you are how sure? - ANS 51%
Any infraction must be filed within: - ANS 6 months
What is considered a prior offender? - ANS one who has been found guilty of one felony
What is considered a persistent offender? - ANS one who has been found guilty or two or more
felonies committed at different times
Is booking a administrative procedure? - ANS Yes
What is a bill of indictment? - ANS 1. Written by the prosecutor
2. States the facts of the case and the charges that will be pressed if grand jury agrees that PC
exists.
3.If the grand jury agrees that PC exists then they find the indictment to be a true bill.
What did the Terry v Ohio case cover? - ANS Search incident to arrest and ability to search if
reasonable belief the suspect is armed and dangerous regardless of probable cause to arrest.
What is a frisk? - ANS Limited search of the outer clothing for the purpose of finding weapons.
What is 'Fresh pursuit?' - ANS A legal doctrine that permits a Law-Enforcement Officer to
arrest a fleeing suspect who crosses jurisdictional lines.
When does fresh pursuit stop? - ANS When the officer looses sight of the fleeing suspect and
is out of their jurisdiction.
What are the four types of abuse? - ANS physical, emotional, financial, sexual
, What is physical injury? - ANS slight impairment of any function of the body or temporary loss
of use of any part of the body
What is serious physical injury? - ANS A physical injury which creates a substantial risk of
death, or which causes death or serious and protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of
health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ
What is an admission? - ANS Agreement to a fact or facts that tends to suggest guilt without
actually confessing to a crime.
What is an confession? - ANS A voluntary admission of guilt about a persons involvement in a
crime.
How do you determine Abandoned Property? - ANS A person who relinquishes interest in
personal property has no expectation of privacy in it.
What is open field? - ANS Any area of public or private property in which the owner has no
expectation of privacy. An area that is not curtilage.
What is curtilage? - ANS The grounds and area immediately surrounding a house or other
living space which are commonly used for family or other home life activity.
What is the plain view doctrine? - ANS Officer must be lawfully present at the time of the
sighting. The item must be immediately recognizable as evidence of a crime or contraband.
Officer must have legal access to the area in order to seize the item.
What age is considered an adult? - ANS 18+ years of age
What age is considered an juvenile? - ANS Anything under 17 years of age.
What is search incident to arrest? - ANS 1. To prevent the destruction of evidence.
2. To locate potential weapons
3. To locate evidence
Officers must secure what before entering a jail? - ANS Secure all weapons in sally port
Can a jailer refuse to take an inmate if they seek medical attention? - ANS Yes, the jailer can
require a fit for confinement.
What are the two types of searches? - ANS Frisk (outer clothing, not entering pockets), Full
(entering pockets
When do strip searches occur? - ANS When it is a felony charge or if they have been found
guilty.
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