VA LETC Week 2 2025/2026 Exam
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Probable Cause Hearing (Gerstein) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Safeguard against
unreasonable arrest & detention,Judicial determination of probable cause for arrest.
May Be conducted in Defendant's absence
arraignment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔6th Amendment's provision that a Defendant has
"The Right to be informed of the nature & cause of the accusation" in all criminal
proceedings.
Preponderance of evidence - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔51%-49% (Burden of proof) Civil
US supreme court - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔9 justices, appointed for life
interpert laws
US circuit court of appeals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Judges in panels of 3
11 federal appeallate circuits DC circuit court of appeals, federal court of appeals
US district court - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Trial level federal court
trail court that deals with original cases
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94 courts
violation of criminal or civil law
US magistrate court - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔judges appointed 8 years by district court
judge
conduct bail hearings and sentence petty offenses
Criminal cases - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cases involving acts or omissions against the
people of the US, forbidden by federal law, and punishable upon conviction as the
federal law may prescribe
Grand Jury Proceedings - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"infamous crimes" (felonies)
12 or more jurors
Probable cause = TRUE BILL; no probable cause= NO TRUE BILL
right to jury for all felony crimes
Jury finder of fact
Indictment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔formal charge by GRAND JURY to determine
probable cause
Must take place under 6th amendment, speedy trail act, 18 USC 3161, must take
place within 30 days of arrest
Information - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔formal charge by US ATTORNEY determines
probable cause
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