TLETA FINAL PAPER VERIFIED QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● Tennessee's state court system is an offspring of ______
interpretation.
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" = ?
Answer: magistrate
●● What officials are magistrates?
Answer: judges, judicial commissioners
●● No person can be committed to prison on any criminal matter
without first being examined by a _________.
Answer: magistrate
●● "A warrant of commitment to prison in writing" = ?
Answer: mittimus
,●● "Written statement signed and sworn to before an official, saying the
who/what/when/where of the offense" = ?
Answer: affidavit
●● "Written order commanding that a person be arrested" = ?
Answer: warrant
●● What is a preliminary hearing screening for?
Answer: probable cause
●● Is a preliminary hearing a constitutional right or a statutory right?
Answer: not constitutional, generally statutory
●● All felonies and misdemeanors are _______ offenses.
Answer: indictable
●● "Knowing the difference between right and wrong" = ?
Answer: Ethics
●● What is common law?
Answer: a collection of philosophies
,●● Name the steps in the state court system.
Answer: 1. arrest (magistrate examination), 2. general sessions, 3. grand
jury, 4. trail, 5. appeal
●● Name the two types of state supreme appeals.
Answer: criminal and civil
●● Where are minor citations normally handled?
Answer: in general sessions court
●● Where are federal felony misdemeanors normally handled?
Answer: screened by General Sessions court, then either dropped or
passed up the ladder
●● Do 1st offenders normally go to trial?
Answer: No, normally only if they're a repeat offender or it was a violent
crime. Otherwise it's normally a plea deal.
●● Shortly after the mittimus is created, what will be produced
documenting your claim?
Answer: a warrant
, ●● If the Grand Jury determines you have probable cause, they issue a
_________.
Answer: true bill
●● "Any crime in which the potential punishment is 1 year or more in
the state penitentiary" = ?
Answer: felony
●● "A monetary amount that provides assurance that the offender will
come back for court" = ?
Answer: bail
●● Is bail always allowed?
Answer: while all offenses are technically bail-able offenses, sometimes
bond isn't allowed when the offender is too dangerous
●● What kind of right is a preliminary hearing?
Answer: a statutory right, not a constitutional right
●● "Any crime in which the potential punishment is less than 1 year" = ?
Answer: misdemeanor
●● What rights do convicted felons lose?
WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● Tennessee's state court system is an offspring of ______
interpretation.
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" = ?
Answer: magistrate
●● What officials are magistrates?
Answer: judges, judicial commissioners
●● No person can be committed to prison on any criminal matter
without first being examined by a _________.
Answer: magistrate
●● "A warrant of commitment to prison in writing" = ?
Answer: mittimus
,●● "Written statement signed and sworn to before an official, saying the
who/what/when/where of the offense" = ?
Answer: affidavit
●● "Written order commanding that a person be arrested" = ?
Answer: warrant
●● What is a preliminary hearing screening for?
Answer: probable cause
●● Is a preliminary hearing a constitutional right or a statutory right?
Answer: not constitutional, generally statutory
●● All felonies and misdemeanors are _______ offenses.
Answer: indictable
●● "Knowing the difference between right and wrong" = ?
Answer: Ethics
●● What is common law?
Answer: a collection of philosophies
,●● Name the steps in the state court system.
Answer: 1. arrest (magistrate examination), 2. general sessions, 3. grand
jury, 4. trail, 5. appeal
●● Name the two types of state supreme appeals.
Answer: criminal and civil
●● Where are minor citations normally handled?
Answer: in general sessions court
●● Where are federal felony misdemeanors normally handled?
Answer: screened by General Sessions court, then either dropped or
passed up the ladder
●● Do 1st offenders normally go to trial?
Answer: No, normally only if they're a repeat offender or it was a violent
crime. Otherwise it's normally a plea deal.
●● Shortly after the mittimus is created, what will be produced
documenting your claim?
Answer: a warrant
, ●● If the Grand Jury determines you have probable cause, they issue a
_________.
Answer: true bill
●● "Any crime in which the potential punishment is 1 year or more in
the state penitentiary" = ?
Answer: felony
●● "A monetary amount that provides assurance that the offender will
come back for court" = ?
Answer: bail
●● Is bail always allowed?
Answer: while all offenses are technically bail-able offenses, sometimes
bond isn't allowed when the offender is too dangerous
●● What kind of right is a preliminary hearing?
Answer: a statutory right, not a constitutional right
●● "Any crime in which the potential punishment is less than 1 year" = ?
Answer: misdemeanor
●● What rights do convicted felons lose?
