MISSOURI POST TEST STUDY GUIDE Questions
with 100% correct Answers Latest Updates 2024
GRADE A+
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.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt - Answer The amount of information 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 absolute proof, but it
is more than probable cause.
Summons - Answer Papers requiring you to appear in civil or criminal court.
Bill of Rights - Answer First 10 amendments of the constitution that guarantees rights
to all U.S. citizens.
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.
Nexus - Answer Connection
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.
8th Amendment - Answer Right not to have excessive bail, unjust fines, or unjust
punishment.
14th Amendment - Answer Establishes primacy of federal government over state
government. U.S. citizen first.
, Branches of the Government - Answer Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Branch of government LEO's a part of - Answer Executive, but evidence is part of the
judicial
Exclusionary Rule - Answer Any evidence which is obtained illegally must be
excluded from trial.
Booking process - Answer An administrative process which records pedigree
information and inventory of personal belongings is authorized. This is not subject to
Miranda.
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.
Best Evidence Rule - Answer States that the original of a piece of documentary
evidence must be entered as evidence, unless the original is lost or destroyed
through no fault of the party offering it.
Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule - Answer Impeachment, Independent Source,
Inevitable Discovery, and Good Faith
Miranda v. Arizona - Answer Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be read
their rights prior to being questioned. Protects the 5th Amendment.
Miranda equation - Answer Custody + Interrogation/Guilt-Seeking Questions
Exceptions to Miranda - Answer Undercover officers and private citizens without
LEO involvement
Custody - Answer Reasonable belief that you are not free to leave
Miranda Warning Content - Answer You have the right to remain silent;
Anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law;
You have the right to talk with an attorney and him/her present while you are
questioned;
If you can not afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you;
You can decide at any time to exercise these rights;
Do you understand these rights?
When you should reread Miranda - Answer Significant passage of time, change in
personnel interrogating, or change in location.
Freedom of Movement - Answer Contact, Detention, Arrest.
with 100% correct Answers Latest Updates 2024
GRADE A+
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.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt - Answer The amount of information 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 absolute proof, but it
is more than probable cause.
Summons - Answer Papers requiring you to appear in civil or criminal court.
Bill of Rights - Answer First 10 amendments of the constitution that guarantees rights
to all U.S. citizens.
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.
Nexus - Answer Connection
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.
8th Amendment - Answer Right not to have excessive bail, unjust fines, or unjust
punishment.
14th Amendment - Answer Establishes primacy of federal government over state
government. U.S. citizen first.
, Branches of the Government - Answer Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Branch of government LEO's a part of - Answer Executive, but evidence is part of the
judicial
Exclusionary Rule - Answer Any evidence which is obtained illegally must be
excluded from trial.
Booking process - Answer An administrative process which records pedigree
information and inventory of personal belongings is authorized. This is not subject to
Miranda.
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.
Best Evidence Rule - Answer States that the original of a piece of documentary
evidence must be entered as evidence, unless the original is lost or destroyed
through no fault of the party offering it.
Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule - Answer Impeachment, Independent Source,
Inevitable Discovery, and Good Faith
Miranda v. Arizona - Answer Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be read
their rights prior to being questioned. Protects the 5th Amendment.
Miranda equation - Answer Custody + Interrogation/Guilt-Seeking Questions
Exceptions to Miranda - Answer Undercover officers and private citizens without
LEO involvement
Custody - Answer Reasonable belief that you are not free to leave
Miranda Warning Content - Answer You have the right to remain silent;
Anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law;
You have the right to talk with an attorney and him/her present while you are
questioned;
If you can not afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you;
You can decide at any time to exercise these rights;
Do you understand these rights?
When you should reread Miranda - Answer Significant passage of time, change in
personnel interrogating, or change in location.
Freedom of Movement - Answer Contact, Detention, Arrest.
