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
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
