TLETA WEEK ONE COMPLETE COURSE
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ 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 jury
◉ 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 magistrates?
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 before 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: Written 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
◉ Indictment
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
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ 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 jury
◉ 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 magistrates?
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 before 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: Written 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
◉ Indictment
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
