2024/2025 Missouri POST Test Study Guide: Perfect for Exam Prep Questions and solutions
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2024/2025 Missouri POST Test Study Guide: Perfect for Exam Prep Questions and solutions
Tort - ANSWER A private or civil wrong or injury, other than a breach of contract.
Preponderance of evidence - ANSWER The amount of information needed to decide in favor of a party in a civil ...
,Tort - ANSWER A private or civil wrong or injury, other than a breach of
contract.
Preponderance of evidence - ANSWER The amount of information
needed to decide in favor of a party in a civil suit. It consists of more than
fifty percent of the believable evidence in favor of the party's suit or defense.
One more fact than the other party has established.
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Proof beyond a reasonable doubt - ANSWER The amount of information
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needed to convict a person of a crime. It is enough evidence to eliminate all
reasonable objections to the prosecution's case against a suspect. It is not
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absolute proof, but it is more than probable cause.
Summons - ANSWER Papers requiring you to appear in civil or criminal
court.
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Bill of Rights - ANSWER First 10 amendments of the constitution that
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guarantees rights to all U.S. citizens.
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Exceptions to the First Amendment - ANSWER Obscenities, fighting
words, commercial speech, defamation: slander (spoken) or libel (written),
incendiary speech, and time, place, and manner restrictions on speech.
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Nexus - ANSWER Connection
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Amendments typically applied to LEO's - ANSWER 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th,
and 8th
4th Amendment - ANSWER Citizens are protected against unreasonable
searches and seizures against their person, property, and papers.
, 5th Amendment - ANSWER Protection against self-incrimination and
double jeopardy. Can not hold a person without presentment or indictment of
a grand jury.
6th Amendment - ANSWER Right to a speedy and public trial. Right to
face accuser. Right to have counsel.
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8th Amendment - ANSWER Right not to have excessive bail, unjust
fines, or unjust punishment.
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14th Amendment - ANSWER Establishes primacy of federal government
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over state government. U.S. citizen first.
Branches of the Government - ANSWER Legislative, Executive, Judicial
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Branch of government LEO's a part of - ANSWER Executive, but
evidence is part of the judicial
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Exclusionary Rule - ANSWER Any evidence which is obtained illegally
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must be excluded from trial.
Booking process - ANSWER An administrative process which records
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pedigree information and inventory of personal belongings is authorized.
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This is not subject to Miranda.
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Twenty-Four Hour Rule - ANSWER Statute that requires a suspect in
custody be released after twenty-four hours if no warrant is issued.
Chain of Custody - ANSWER Documenting a seized item's whereabouts
from seizure until introduction into court.
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