TLETA week 1 Exam Questions and Answers

TLETA week 1 Exam Questions and Answers Ethics - Answer ️️ -Caught not taught 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 Charge is read, plea is given, bond is set Class A Felony - Answer ️️ -15- 60 Years; $50,000 Class B Felony - Answer ️️ -8-30 years; $25,000 Class C Felony - Answer ️️ -3-15 years; $10,000 Class D Felony - Answer ️️ -2- 12 years; $5,000 Class E felony - Answer ️️ -1-6 years; $3,000 Class A misdemeanor - Answer ️️ -11 months, 29 days, $2,500 Class B Misdemeanor - Answer ️️ -6 months, $500 Class C Misdemeanor - Answer ️️ -30 days, $50 2nd Amendment - Answer ️️ -Right to bear arms 4th Amendment - Answer ️️ -Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure (protection of houses, papers, persons, effects and life) 5th Amendment - Answer ️️ -The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process, testify against self 6th Amendment - Answer ️️ -Right to a speedy and public trial, assistance of counsel, informed of accusations, confront witnesses 8th Amendment - Answer ️️ -No cruel or unusual punishment, no excessive bail or fines 14th Amendment - Answer ️️ -Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws. States must follow federal precedent. Suspect ID types - Answer ️️ -Lineup, show up, photographic ID Lineup - Answer ️️ -Live presentation of several different people by police to a witness of a crime so as to identify possible suspects. (An attorney may be present if wanted) Showup - Answer ️️ -Live presentation, within a reasonable time after a crime, of a single person by police to a witness so as to identify the suspect. (Usually at c