TLETA Week 1 Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers

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 the Court Structure? - answerSupreme Court, Court of criminal appeals, appeals court, Circuit court or Criminal court, municipal and general sessions What is the Legal Hierarchy? - answerFederal Laws, State laws, Local laws What are the steps to State court? - answerArrest, general sessions, grand jury, trial, appeal 3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest - answerInitial appearance/preliminary hearing, general sessions, grand jury Levels of Proof - answerMere suspicion, reasonable suspicion, P/C, beyond a reasonable doubt What is a magistrate? - answerAn officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense Who are considered magistrates? - answerJudicial commissioners, judges of circuit & Criminal courts, Supreme Court, general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile judges What is a mittimus? - answerOrder in writing committing a person to jail What does Examination required before commitment mean? - answerNo one person can be committed to prison on any criminal matter without first being examined by a magistrate Affidavit - answerWritten statement signed and sworn to before an official (after arrest) Warrant - answerWritten order commanding that a person be arrested, must be signed by magistrate (before arrest) 8th Amendment - answerNo cruel or unusual punishment. All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties except for capital offenses Who endorses bail amount? - answerMagistrate How many people are on a grand jury? - answer13 people. 12 jurors, 1 foreperson appointed by judge Who discharges bail - answerSheriff preliminary hearing - answerNot a constitutional right; is a probable cause screening Indictment - answerAn 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? - answerInquire into law violations; Determine existence of Probable Cause True Bill - answerAn Indictment approved by grand jury Capias - answerWritten Document from grand jury authorizing arrest Arraignment - answerWhere defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to try case Charge is read, plea is given, bond is set Class A Felony - answer15- 60 Years; $50,000 Class B Felony - answer8-30 years; $25,000 Class C Felony - answer3-15 years; $10,000 Class D Felony - answer2- 12 years; $5,000 Class E felony - answer1-6 years; $3,0