2020 Missouri Post Test Study Guide

2020 MISSOURI POST TEST STUDY
GUIDE


Tort00-00ans--
✔✔A00private00or00civil00wrong00or00injury,00other00than00a00breach00of00contract.

Preponderance00of00evidence00-00ans--
✔✔The00amount00of00information00needed00to00decide00in00favor00of00a00party00in00a00ci
vil00suit.00It00consists00of00more00than00fifty00percent00of00the00believable00evidence00in00
favor00of00the00party's00suit00or00defense.00One00more00fact00than00the00other00party00ha
s00established.

Proof00beyond00a00reasonable00doubt00-00ans--
✔✔The00amount00of00information00needed00to00convict00a00person00of00a00crime.00It00is0
0enough00evidence00to00eliminate00all00reasonable00objections00to00the00prosecution's00
case00against00a00suspect.00It00is00not00absolute00proof,00but00it00is00more00than00probab
le00cause.

Summons00-00ans--✔✔Papers00requiring00you00to00appear00in00civil00or00criminal00court.

Bill00of00Rights00-00ans--
✔✔First001000amendments00of00the00constitution00that00guarantees00rights00to00all00U.S.
00citizens.


Exceptions00to00the00First00Amendment00-00ans--
✔✔Obscenities,00fighting00words,00commercial00speech,00defamation:00slander00(spoke
n)00or00libel00(written),00incendiary00speech,00and00time,00place,00and00manner00restricti
ons00on00speech.

Nexus00-00ans--✔✔Connection

Amendments00typically00applied00to00LEO's00-00ans--✔✔1st,004th,005th,006th,00and008th

4th00Amendment00-00ans--
✔✔Citizens00are00protected00against00unreasonable00searches00and00seizures00against
00their00person,00property,00and00papers.

, 5th00Amendment00-00ans--✔✔Protection00against00self-
incrimination00and00double00jeopardy.00Can00not00hold00a00person00without00presentme
nt00or00indictment00of00a00grand00jury.

6th00Amendment00-00ans--
✔✔Right00to00a00speedy00and00public00trial.00Right00to00face00accuser.00Right00to00have0
0counsel.


8th00Amendment00-00ans--
✔✔Right00not00to00have00excessive00bail,00unjust00fines,00or00unjust00punishment.

14th00Amendment00-00ans--
✔✔Establishes00primacy00of00federal00government00over00state00government.00U.S.00citi
zen00first.

Branches00of00the00Government00-00ans--✔✔Legislative,00Executive,00Judicial

Branch00of00government00LEO's00a00part00of00-00ans--
✔✔Executive,00but00evidence00is00part00of00the00judicial

Exclusionary00Rule00-00ans--
✔✔Any00evidence00which00is00obtained00illegally00must00be00excluded00from00trial.

Booking00process00-00ans--
✔✔An00administrative00process00which00records00pedigree00information00and00inventory
00of00personal00belongings00is00authorized.00This00is00not00subject00to00Miranda.


Twenty-Four00Hour00Rule00-00ans--
✔✔Statute00that00requires00a00suspect00in00custody00be00released00after00twenty-
four00hours00if00no00warrant00is00issued.

Chain00of00Custody00-00ans--
✔✔Documenting00a00seized00item's00whereabouts00from00seizure00until00introduction00i
nto00court.

Best00Evidence00Rule00-00ans--
✔✔States00that00the00original00of00a00piece00of00documentary00evidence00must00be00ent
ered00as00evidence,00unless00the00original00is00lost00or00destroyed00through00no00fault00
of00the00party00offering00it.

Exceptions00to00the00Exclusionary00Rule00-00ans--
✔✔Impeachment,00Independent00Source,00Inevitable00Discovery,00and00Good00Faith

Miranda00v.00Arizona00-00ans--
✔✔Supreme00Court00ruled00that00all00suspects00must00be00read00their00rights00prior00to0
0being00questioned.00Protects00the005th00Amendment.