TLETA WEEK 1 STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!

TLETA WEEK 1 STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION!!
Ethics

answers: Caught not taught

What does Modern day policing come from?



answers: English Law

What is the Court Structure?



answers: Supreme Court, Court of criminal appeals, appeals court, Circuit court or
Criminal court, municipal and general sessions

What is the Legal Hierarchy?



answers: Federal Laws, State laws, Local laws

What are the steps to State court?



answers: Arrest, general sessions, grand jury, trial, appeal

3 Checks of Probable cause/Arrest



answers: Initial appearance/preliminary hearing, general sessions, grand jury

Levels of Proof



answers: Mere suspicion, reasonable suspicion, P/C, beyond a reasonable doubt

,What is a magistrate?



answers: An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person
charged with a public offense

Who are considered magistrates?



answers: Judicial commissioners, judges of circuit & Criminal courts, Supreme
Court, general sessions judges, city judges or juvenile judges

what is mittimus?



answers: Order in writing

What does Examination required before commitment mean?



answers: No one person can be committed to prison on any criminal matter
without first being examined by a magistrate

Affidavit



answers: Written statement signed and sworn to before an official (after arrest)

Warrant



answers: Written order commanding that a person be arrested, must be signed by
magistrate (before arrest)

8th Amendment

, answers: No cruel or unusual punishment. All prisoners shall be bailable by
sufficient sureties except for capital offenses

Who endorses bail amount?



answers: Magistrate

How many people are on a grand jury?



answers: 13 people. 12 jurors, 1 foreperson appointed by judge

Who discharges bail



answers: Sheriff

preliminary hearing



answers: Not a constitutional right; is a probable cause screening

What does a grand jury do?



answers: Inquire into law violations; Determine existence of Probable Cause

Indictment



answers: An accusation in writing presented by the grand jury of the county,
charging a person

Indictable offenses

, answers: ALL felonies and misdemeanors

True Bill



answers: grand jury approves indictment

Capias



answers: Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest

Arraignment



answers: Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to try case

Class A Felony



answers: 15- 60 Years; $50,000

Class B Felony



answers: 8-30 years; $25,000

Class C Felony



answers: 3-15 years; $10,000

Class D Felony



answers: 2- 12 years; $5,000

Class E felony