TLETA Week 1 Exam Questions With 100%
Correct Answers
Ethics - answerCaught not taught
3 Categories of People - answer1) Vacationers (Mercenaries)- What do i get out of this?
2) Adventures (Missionaries)
3) Prisoners
What does Modern day policing come from? - answerEnglish Common Law
What is...
TLETA Week 1 Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers Ethics - answer✔✔Caught not taught 3 Categories of People - answer✔✔1) Vacationers (Mercenaries) - What do i get out of this? 2) Adventures (Missionaries) 3) Prisoners What does Modern day policing come from? - answer✔✔English Common Law What is the Court Structure? - answer✔✔Supreme Court, Court of criminal appeals, appeals court, Circuit court or Criminal court, municipal and general sessions What is the Legal Hierarchy? - answer✔✔Federal Laws, State laws, Local laws What are the steps to State court? - answer✔✔Arrest, general sessions, grand jury, trial, appeal 3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest - answer✔✔Initial appearance/preliminary hearing, general sessions, grand jur y Levels of Proof - answer✔✔Mere suspicion, reasonable suspicion, P/C, beyond a reasonable doubt What is a magistrate? - answer✔✔An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense Who are considered magistra tes? - answer✔✔Judicial commissioners, judges of circuit & Criminal courts, Supreme Court, general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile judges What is a mittimus? - answer✔✔Order in writing committing a person to jail What does Examination required bef ore commitment mean? - answer✔✔No one person can be committed to prison on any criminal matter without first being examined by a magistrate Affidavit - answer✔✔Written statement signed and sworn to before an official (after arrest) Warrant - answer✔✔Writte n order commanding that a person be arrested, must be signed by magistrate (before arrest) 8th Amendment - answer✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment. All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties except for capital offenses Who endorses bail amount? - answer✔✔Magistrate How many people are on a grand jury? - answer✔✔13 people. 12 jurors, 1 foreperson appointed by judge Who discharges bail - answer✔✔Sheriff preliminary hearing - answer✔✔Not a constitutional right; is a probable cause screening Indictme nt - answer✔✔An accusation in writing presented by the grand jury of the county, charging a person All felonies and misdemeanors are indictable What does a grand jury do? - answer✔✔Inquire into law violations; Determine existence of Probable Cause True Bill - answer✔✔An Indictment approved by grand jury Capias - answer✔✔Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest Arraignment - answer✔✔Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to try case Charge is read, plea is given, bon d is set Class A Felony - answer✔✔15- 60 Years; $50,000 Class B Felony - answer✔✔8-30 years; $25,000 Class C Felony - answer✔✔3-15 years; $10,000 Class D Felony - answer✔✔2- 12 years; $5,000 Class E felony - answer✔✔1-6 years; $3,000 Class A misdemeanor - answer✔✔11 months, 29 days, $2,500 Class B Misdemeanor - answer✔✔6 months, $500 Class C Misdemeanor - answer✔✔30 days, $50 2nd Amendment - answer✔✔Right to bear arms
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