SCCJA BLE Pre-Academy Cumulative
Study Guide - Notes
BLOCK 1 - correct answer ✔✔ Introduction to Criminal Law, Courts, Crimes,
& Courtroom Procedures, First Amendment, Basic Patrol Operations, Child
Abuse, Traffic Law, Strategies of Arrest, Mental Illness, Sexual Assault, and
OC Spray Utilization.
Articles of the Constitution - correct answer ✔✔ Article I - The Legislative
Branch. The principal mission of the legislative body is to make laws.
Article II - The Executive Branch.
Article III - The Judicial Branch.
Article IV - Relationship between the States
Article V - Congress and States can amend Constitution.
Article VI - Laws of USA. Supreme Law of the Land
Article VII - 9/13 states needed to ratify
What is the yearly term of the Supreme Court? - correct answer ✔✔ Begins
first Monday of October. Last opinions issued late June or early July
Common Law vs. Statutory Law - correct answer ✔✔ Common Law - Court
decisions
,Statutory Law - Legislatively created laws
Case Law/Common Law - correct answer ✔✔ The body of prior judicial
decisions that guide judges deciding issues before them.
Binding Case Law - correct answer ✔✔ Mandatory for a court to follow. All
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions are binding for all Federal and State Courts.
Persuasive Case Law - correct answer ✔✔ Only entitled to careful respect
and consideration
SC Supreme Court and SC Court of Appeals decisions - correct answer ✔✔
Are binding on all lower courts.
Summary Court Judge Decisions - correct answer ✔✔ Decisions made by
one Summary Court Judge are not binding on one another.
Supreme Court Published vs. Unpublished Decisions - correct answer ✔✔
Only published opinions can serve as precedent.
Unpublished opinions are only binding to the parties in which the particular
case is issued for.
Sources of legal information in SC Law - correct answer ✔✔ SC Code of
Laws Annotated
Opinions of the SC Supreme Court and SC Supreme Court of Appeals
,Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
US Supreme Court
When was the Bill of Rights Proposed? - correct answer ✔✔ September 25,
1789
When was the Bill of Rights Ratified? - correct answer ✔✔ December 15,
1791
When and Where was the US Constitution Started? - correct answer ✔✔ May
25th, 1787 Independence Hall Philadelphia Pennsylvania
When was the Constitution signed? - correct answer ✔✔ September 17,
1787
When was the Constitution Ratified? - correct answer ✔✔ June 21, 1788
When was the US Congress started? - correct answer ✔✔ March 4th 1789
the Confederation Congress became the Congressional Congress.
Fourth Amendment - correct answer ✔✔ SEARCH and SEIZURE - The right
of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.
, Abuse Registries - correct answer ✔✔ DSS Central Registry of Abuse and
Neglect. Perpetrators of child abuse/neglect entered into the system by court
order. DSS Maintains the system.
Sex Offender Registry - Maintained by SC and SLED. Done through NCIC
SC Section 56-1-10 defines Highway as? - correct answer ✔✔ Highway
means the entire width between the boundary line of every way publicly
maintained when any part is open to the use of the public for vehicular travel.
SC Section 56-5-460 defines Roadway as? - correct answer ✔✔ That portion
of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel,
exclusive of the shoulder or berm
Protected Speech Cases for First Amendment towards LEO's - correct
answer ✔✔ State vs Perkins - 1991 - Raised his voice at officers.
Houston Vs Hill - 1987 - The 1st Amendment protects a significant amount of
criticism and challenges directed and LEO's
State vs Bailey - 2006 - No fighting words used.
What are the three elements of successful arrest planning? - correct answer
✔✔ SSS
Speed - Once decision to arrest is made, move as quickly but safely as
needed to maintain surprise.
Surprise - Never telegraph intentions. If probable cause exists for an arrest,
than arrest.
Study Guide - Notes
BLOCK 1 - correct answer ✔✔ Introduction to Criminal Law, Courts, Crimes,
& Courtroom Procedures, First Amendment, Basic Patrol Operations, Child
Abuse, Traffic Law, Strategies of Arrest, Mental Illness, Sexual Assault, and
OC Spray Utilization.
Articles of the Constitution - correct answer ✔✔ Article I - The Legislative
Branch. The principal mission of the legislative body is to make laws.
Article II - The Executive Branch.
Article III - The Judicial Branch.
Article IV - Relationship between the States
Article V - Congress and States can amend Constitution.
Article VI - Laws of USA. Supreme Law of the Land
Article VII - 9/13 states needed to ratify
What is the yearly term of the Supreme Court? - correct answer ✔✔ Begins
first Monday of October. Last opinions issued late June or early July
Common Law vs. Statutory Law - correct answer ✔✔ Common Law - Court
decisions
,Statutory Law - Legislatively created laws
Case Law/Common Law - correct answer ✔✔ The body of prior judicial
decisions that guide judges deciding issues before them.
Binding Case Law - correct answer ✔✔ Mandatory for a court to follow. All
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions are binding for all Federal and State Courts.
Persuasive Case Law - correct answer ✔✔ Only entitled to careful respect
and consideration
SC Supreme Court and SC Court of Appeals decisions - correct answer ✔✔
Are binding on all lower courts.
Summary Court Judge Decisions - correct answer ✔✔ Decisions made by
one Summary Court Judge are not binding on one another.
Supreme Court Published vs. Unpublished Decisions - correct answer ✔✔
Only published opinions can serve as precedent.
Unpublished opinions are only binding to the parties in which the particular
case is issued for.
Sources of legal information in SC Law - correct answer ✔✔ SC Code of
Laws Annotated
Opinions of the SC Supreme Court and SC Supreme Court of Appeals
,Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
US Supreme Court
When was the Bill of Rights Proposed? - correct answer ✔✔ September 25,
1789
When was the Bill of Rights Ratified? - correct answer ✔✔ December 15,
1791
When and Where was the US Constitution Started? - correct answer ✔✔ May
25th, 1787 Independence Hall Philadelphia Pennsylvania
When was the Constitution signed? - correct answer ✔✔ September 17,
1787
When was the Constitution Ratified? - correct answer ✔✔ June 21, 1788
When was the US Congress started? - correct answer ✔✔ March 4th 1789
the Confederation Congress became the Congressional Congress.
Fourth Amendment - correct answer ✔✔ SEARCH and SEIZURE - The right
of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no
Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.
, Abuse Registries - correct answer ✔✔ DSS Central Registry of Abuse and
Neglect. Perpetrators of child abuse/neglect entered into the system by court
order. DSS Maintains the system.
Sex Offender Registry - Maintained by SC and SLED. Done through NCIC
SC Section 56-1-10 defines Highway as? - correct answer ✔✔ Highway
means the entire width between the boundary line of every way publicly
maintained when any part is open to the use of the public for vehicular travel.
SC Section 56-5-460 defines Roadway as? - correct answer ✔✔ That portion
of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel,
exclusive of the shoulder or berm
Protected Speech Cases for First Amendment towards LEO's - correct
answer ✔✔ State vs Perkins - 1991 - Raised his voice at officers.
Houston Vs Hill - 1987 - The 1st Amendment protects a significant amount of
criticism and challenges directed and LEO's
State vs Bailey - 2006 - No fighting words used.
What are the three elements of successful arrest planning? - correct answer
✔✔ SSS
Speed - Once decision to arrest is made, move as quickly but safely as
needed to maintain surprise.
Surprise - Never telegraph intentions. If probable cause exists for an arrest,
than arrest.
