TLETA EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Capias - ✔✔Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest
✔✔Arraignment - ✔✔Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to try
case
✔✔Class A Felony - ✔✔15- 60 Years; $50,000
✔✔Class B Felony - ✔✔8-30 years; $25,000
✔✔Class C Felony - ✔✔3-15 years; $10,000
✔✔Class D Felony - ✔✔2- 12 years; $5,000
✔✔Class E felony - ✔✔1-6 years; $3,000
✔✔Class A misdemeanor - ✔✔11 months, 29 days, $2,500
✔✔Class B Misdemeanor - ✔✔6 months, $500
✔✔Class C Misdemeanor - ✔✔30 days, $50
✔✔2nd Amendment - ✔✔Right to bear arms
✔✔4th Amendment - ✔✔Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
(protection of houses, papers, persons, effects and life)
✔✔5th Amendment - ✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process, testify against self
✔✔6th Amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy and public trial, assistance of counsel,
informed of accusations, confront witnesses
✔✔8th Amendment - ✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment, no excessive bail or fines
✔✔14th Amendment - ✔✔Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are
guaranteed equal protection of the laws. States must follow federal precedent.
✔✔Suspect ID types - ✔✔Lineup, show up, photographic ID
✔✔Lineup - ✔✔Live presentation of several different people by police to a witness of a
crime so as to identify possible suspects. (An attorney may be present if wanted)
, ✔✔Showup - ✔✔Live presentation, within a reasonable time after a crime, of a single
person by police to a witness so as to identify the suspect. (Usually at crime scene)
✔✔Photographic ID - ✔✔the use of photo images to present suspects of a crime in
much the same manner as a lineup
✔✔Static display - ✔✔Piece of paper with pictures
✔✔Sequential Display - ✔✔Stack of photographs in folders
✔✔How many choices in a lineup or photo ID should there be - ✔✔6 or more (9 is best)
✔✔When does the 5th Amendment not apply to a suspect? - ✔✔Photographic ID,
Showup, Lineup
✔✔In TN, when does the right to counsel attach? - ✔✔After being formally charged
✔✔Factors to determine admissibility of ID - ✔✔Opportunity of witness to view criminal
at the time of the crime, the degree of witness attention, accuracy of any prior
description, the level of certainty demonstrated by witness, time span between crime
and confrontation. (All factors combine to establish reliability)
✔✔"Posse Comitatus"- - ✔✔law enforcement official could draft any male over 30 years
to help (a posse)
✔✔What is "Hue and Cry"? - ✔✔bystanders assisting by crying out for criminals &
apprehending criminals
✔✔What is "Kin Police"? - ✔✔neighbors coming to the aid of each other
✔✔What is "Shire Reeve"? - ✔✔appointed by king to be over 10 hundred
✔✔What was considered the most heinous crime which led to hanging? -
✔✔Counterfeiting
✔✔Constable - ✔✔Only patrolled during day, apprehended criminals. Received food ,
housing , get % of fine paid by criminal back to them
✔✔Night watch - ✔✔Operated only during summertime at night
✔✔Watchmen - ✔✔Combination of constable & night watch First paid LE officers
✔✔1st city to have watchmen - ✔✔Boston
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Capias - ✔✔Written Document from grand jury authorizing arrest
✔✔Arraignment - ✔✔Where defendant first appears before court with jurisdiction to try
case
✔✔Class A Felony - ✔✔15- 60 Years; $50,000
✔✔Class B Felony - ✔✔8-30 years; $25,000
✔✔Class C Felony - ✔✔3-15 years; $10,000
✔✔Class D Felony - ✔✔2- 12 years; $5,000
✔✔Class E felony - ✔✔1-6 years; $3,000
✔✔Class A misdemeanor - ✔✔11 months, 29 days, $2,500
✔✔Class B Misdemeanor - ✔✔6 months, $500
✔✔Class C Misdemeanor - ✔✔30 days, $50
✔✔2nd Amendment - ✔✔Right to bear arms
✔✔4th Amendment - ✔✔Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
(protection of houses, papers, persons, effects and life)
✔✔5th Amendment - ✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process, testify against self
✔✔6th Amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy and public trial, assistance of counsel,
informed of accusations, confront witnesses
✔✔8th Amendment - ✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment, no excessive bail or fines
✔✔14th Amendment - ✔✔Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are
guaranteed equal protection of the laws. States must follow federal precedent.
✔✔Suspect ID types - ✔✔Lineup, show up, photographic ID
✔✔Lineup - ✔✔Live presentation of several different people by police to a witness of a
crime so as to identify possible suspects. (An attorney may be present if wanted)
, ✔✔Showup - ✔✔Live presentation, within a reasonable time after a crime, of a single
person by police to a witness so as to identify the suspect. (Usually at crime scene)
✔✔Photographic ID - ✔✔the use of photo images to present suspects of a crime in
much the same manner as a lineup
✔✔Static display - ✔✔Piece of paper with pictures
✔✔Sequential Display - ✔✔Stack of photographs in folders
✔✔How many choices in a lineup or photo ID should there be - ✔✔6 or more (9 is best)
✔✔When does the 5th Amendment not apply to a suspect? - ✔✔Photographic ID,
Showup, Lineup
✔✔In TN, when does the right to counsel attach? - ✔✔After being formally charged
✔✔Factors to determine admissibility of ID - ✔✔Opportunity of witness to view criminal
at the time of the crime, the degree of witness attention, accuracy of any prior
description, the level of certainty demonstrated by witness, time span between crime
and confrontation. (All factors combine to establish reliability)
✔✔"Posse Comitatus"- - ✔✔law enforcement official could draft any male over 30 years
to help (a posse)
✔✔What is "Hue and Cry"? - ✔✔bystanders assisting by crying out for criminals &
apprehending criminals
✔✔What is "Kin Police"? - ✔✔neighbors coming to the aid of each other
✔✔What is "Shire Reeve"? - ✔✔appointed by king to be over 10 hundred
✔✔What was considered the most heinous crime which led to hanging? -
✔✔Counterfeiting
✔✔Constable - ✔✔Only patrolled during day, apprehended criminals. Received food ,
housing , get % of fine paid by criminal back to them
✔✔Night watch - ✔✔Operated only during summertime at night
✔✔Watchmen - ✔✔Combination of constable & night watch First paid LE officers
✔✔1st city to have watchmen - ✔✔Boston
