8/10/25, 12:41 AM VA LETC WEEK: 2 constitutional law. 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS ||VERIFIED SOLUTIONS …
VA LETC WEEK: 2 constitutional law. 2025 EXAM
QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
||VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
Define witness A person who gives testimony at trial
Defined as evidence which does not come from the
Define hearsay personal knowledge of the witness but from repetition
of what he has heard others say had happened at a still
earlier time
Define real evidence Tangible items
Writing or recording that speaks for itself especially
Define documentary evidence
as to its contents Documents of any kind
"infamous crimes"
(felonies) 12 or
Grand Jury Proceedings more jurors
Probable cause = TRUE BILL; no probable
cause= NO TRUE BILL right to jury for all
felony crimes
Jury finder of fact
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, 8/10/25, 12:41 AM VA LETC WEEK: 2 constitutional law. 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS ||VERIFIED SOLUTIONS …
Safeguard against unreasonable arrest &
Probable Cause Hearing
(Gerstein) detention,Judicial determination of probable cause for
arrest. May Be conducted in Defendant's absence
6th Amendment's provision that a Defendant has "The
arraignment
Right to be informed of the nature & cause of the
accusation" in all criminal proceedings.
Preponderance of evidence 51%-49% (Burden of proof) Civil
9 justices,
US supreme court
appointed for life
interpert laws
Judges in panels of 3
US circuit court of appeals
11 federal appeallate circuits DC circuit court of appeals, federal
court of appeals
Trial level federal court
trail court that deals with
US district court
original cases 94 courts
violation of criminal or civil law
judges appointed 8 years by district court judge
US magistrate court
conduct bail hearings and sentence petty offenses
cases involving acts or omissions against the people of
Criminal cases
the US, forbidden by federal law, and punishable upon
conviction as the federal law may prescribe
formal charge by GRAND JURY to determine probable cause
Indictment Must take place under 6th amendment, speedy trail act,
18 USC 3161, must take place within 30 days of arrest
Information formal charge by US ATTORNEY determines probable cause
fact finding body at trial
may find defendant guilty of a "lesser included offense"
Petit jury
but never more serious than one charged.
Decision to convict must be unanimous
Flight risk or danger to
society entitled to
Bail determination
ROR
Release under certain
conditions May deny
2/1
0
VA LETC WEEK: 2 constitutional law. 2025 EXAM
QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
||VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
Define witness A person who gives testimony at trial
Defined as evidence which does not come from the
Define hearsay personal knowledge of the witness but from repetition
of what he has heard others say had happened at a still
earlier time
Define real evidence Tangible items
Writing or recording that speaks for itself especially
Define documentary evidence
as to its contents Documents of any kind
"infamous crimes"
(felonies) 12 or
Grand Jury Proceedings more jurors
Probable cause = TRUE BILL; no probable
cause= NO TRUE BILL right to jury for all
felony crimes
Jury finder of fact
1/1
0
, 8/10/25, 12:41 AM VA LETC WEEK: 2 constitutional law. 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS ||VERIFIED SOLUTIONS …
Safeguard against unreasonable arrest &
Probable Cause Hearing
(Gerstein) detention,Judicial determination of probable cause for
arrest. May Be conducted in Defendant's absence
6th Amendment's provision that a Defendant has "The
arraignment
Right to be informed of the nature & cause of the
accusation" in all criminal proceedings.
Preponderance of evidence 51%-49% (Burden of proof) Civil
9 justices,
US supreme court
appointed for life
interpert laws
Judges in panels of 3
US circuit court of appeals
11 federal appeallate circuits DC circuit court of appeals, federal
court of appeals
Trial level federal court
trail court that deals with
US district court
original cases 94 courts
violation of criminal or civil law
judges appointed 8 years by district court judge
US magistrate court
conduct bail hearings and sentence petty offenses
cases involving acts or omissions against the people of
Criminal cases
the US, forbidden by federal law, and punishable upon
conviction as the federal law may prescribe
formal charge by GRAND JURY to determine probable cause
Indictment Must take place under 6th amendment, speedy trail act,
18 USC 3161, must take place within 30 days of arrest
Information formal charge by US ATTORNEY determines probable cause
fact finding body at trial
may find defendant guilty of a "lesser included offense"
Petit jury
but never more serious than one charged.
Decision to convict must be unanimous
Flight risk or danger to
society entitled to
Bail determination
ROR
Release under certain
conditions May deny
2/1
0
