TLETA Week 1 Questions with Complete Correct Answers | Grade A+

What is our state court system derived from? Ans: English common law Tennessee's state court system is an offspring of ______ interpretation. Ans: North Carolina "The judges of the supreme, appellate, chancery, circuit, general sessions, and juvenile courts throughout the state, judicial commissioners and county executives in those officer's respective counties" = ? Ans: magistrate What officials are magistrates? Ans: judges, judicial commissioners No person can be committed to prison on any criminal matter without first being examined by a _________. Ans: magistrate "A warrant of commitment to prison in writing" = ? Ans: mittimus "Written statement signed and sworn to before an official, saying the who/what/when/where of the offense" = ? Ans: affidavit "Written order commanding that a person be arrested" = ? Ans: warrant What is a preliminary hearing screening for? Ans: probable cause Is a preliminary hearing a constitutional right or a statutory right? Ans: not constitutional, generally statutory All felonies and misdemeanors are _______ offenses. Ans: indictable "Knowing the difference between right and wrong" = ? Ans: Ethics What is common law