TLETA Week 1 Exam SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• 3 Categories of People -✓✓ 1) Vacationers (Mercenaries)- What do i get out of
this?
2) Adventures (Missionaries)
3) Prisoners
• What does Modern day policing come from? -✓✓ English Common Law
• What is the Court Structure? -✓✓ Supreme Court, Court of criminal appeals,
appeals court, Circuit court or Criminal court, municipal and general sessions
• What is the Legal Hierarchy? -✓✓ Federal Laws, State laws, Local laws
• What are the steps to State court? -✓✓ Arrest, general sessions, grand jury, trial,
appeal
• 3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest -✓✓ Initial appearance/preliminary hearing,
general sessions, grand jury
• Levels of Proof -✓✓ Mere suspicion, reasonable suspicion, P/C, beyond a
reasonable doubt
• What is a magistrate? -✓✓ An officer having power to issue a warrant for the
arrest of a person charged with a public offense
,• Who are considered magistrates? -✓✓ Judicial commissioners, judges of circuit
& Criminal courts, Supreme Court, general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile
judges
• What is a mittimus? -✓✓ Order in writing committing a person to jail
• What does Examination required before commitment mean? -✓✓ No one person
can be committed to prison on any criminal matter without first being examined by
a magistrate
• Affidavit -✓✓ Written statement signed and sworn to before an official (after
arrest)
• Warrant -✓✓ Written order commanding that a person be arrested, must be
signed by magistrate (before arrest)
• 8th Amendment -✓✓ No cruel or unusual punishment. All prisoners shall be
bailable by sufficient sureties except for capital offenses
• Who endorses bail amount? -✓✓ Magistrate
• How many people are on a grand jury? -✓✓ 13 people. 12 jurors, 1 foreperson
appointed by judge
• Who discharges bail -✓✓ Sheriff
• preliminary hearing -✓✓ Not a constitutional right; is a probable cause screening
, • Indictment -✓✓ 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? -✓✓ Inquire into law violations; Determine existence
of Probable Cause
• True Bill -✓✓ An Indictment approved by grand jury
• Capias -✓✓ Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest
• Arraignment -✓✓ Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to
try case
Charge is read, plea is given, bond is set
• Class A Felony -✓✓ 15- 60 Years; $50,000
• Class B Felony -✓✓ 8-30 years; $25,000
• Class C Felony -✓✓ 3-15 years; $10,000
• Class D Felony -✓✓ 2- 12 years; $5,000
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
• 3 Categories of People -✓✓ 1) Vacationers (Mercenaries)- What do i get out of
this?
2) Adventures (Missionaries)
3) Prisoners
• What does Modern day policing come from? -✓✓ English Common Law
• What is the Court Structure? -✓✓ Supreme Court, Court of criminal appeals,
appeals court, Circuit court or Criminal court, municipal and general sessions
• What is the Legal Hierarchy? -✓✓ Federal Laws, State laws, Local laws
• What are the steps to State court? -✓✓ Arrest, general sessions, grand jury, trial,
appeal
• 3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest -✓✓ Initial appearance/preliminary hearing,
general sessions, grand jury
• Levels of Proof -✓✓ Mere suspicion, reasonable suspicion, P/C, beyond a
reasonable doubt
• What is a magistrate? -✓✓ An officer having power to issue a warrant for the
arrest of a person charged with a public offense
,• Who are considered magistrates? -✓✓ Judicial commissioners, judges of circuit
& Criminal courts, Supreme Court, general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile
judges
• What is a mittimus? -✓✓ Order in writing committing a person to jail
• What does Examination required before commitment mean? -✓✓ No one person
can be committed to prison on any criminal matter without first being examined by
a magistrate
• Affidavit -✓✓ Written statement signed and sworn to before an official (after
arrest)
• Warrant -✓✓ Written order commanding that a person be arrested, must be
signed by magistrate (before arrest)
• 8th Amendment -✓✓ No cruel or unusual punishment. All prisoners shall be
bailable by sufficient sureties except for capital offenses
• Who endorses bail amount? -✓✓ Magistrate
• How many people are on a grand jury? -✓✓ 13 people. 12 jurors, 1 foreperson
appointed by judge
• Who discharges bail -✓✓ Sheriff
• preliminary hearing -✓✓ Not a constitutional right; is a probable cause screening
, • Indictment -✓✓ 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? -✓✓ Inquire into law violations; Determine existence
of Probable Cause
• True Bill -✓✓ An Indictment approved by grand jury
• Capias -✓✓ Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest
• Arraignment -✓✓ Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to
try case
Charge is read, plea is given, bond is set
• Class A Felony -✓✓ 15- 60 Years; $50,000
• Class B Felony -✓✓ 8-30 years; $25,000
• Class C Felony -✓✓ 3-15 years; $10,000
• Class D Felony -✓✓ 2- 12 years; $5,000
