Nc BLET State Exam
Study Guide Exam
2024 Update
Identify the various types of civil process as provided in the lesson plan. -
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1. Magistrate's summons (aoc-cvm-100)
2. Civil summons ( aoc-cv-100)
3. Special proceeding summons( aoc-sp-100)
4. partition proceedings summons ( aoc-sp-101)
5. notice of hearing- power of sale forecloser.
6. Juvenile summons ( undisciplined/delinquent) ( aoc-j-340)
7. juvenile summons ( abuse/neglect/dependent) ( aoc-j-142)
8. Summons in proceeding to terminate parental right( aoc-j-208)
9. subpoena (aoc-g-100)
10. domestic violence (50 b) civil process
11. civil no contact ( 50-c) civil process
12. workplace violence prevention civil process.
,(Pg.6-12) State the circumstances under which different types and amounts of
alcoholic beverages can be purchased, possessed or consumed on public or private
premises. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-· Purchase
o Malt beverage: A person may purchase any amount of malt beverage in kegs
after obtaining a purchase-transportation permit and no more than eighty (80) liters
in cans or bottles in one (1) transaction.
o Possession of over eighty (80) liters of malt beverage, other than draft malt
beverages in kegs, creates a presumption that it is possessed for sale.
o Unfortified wine: A person may purchase no more than fifty (50) liters of
unfortified wine, in one (1) transaction.
o Fortified wine/spirituous liquor: A person may purchase no more than eight (8)
liters of fortified wine or spirituous liquor or a combination of the two, in one
transaction.
(Pg. 15-16) Name other possible criminal activities that may be associated with
alcohol-related offenses. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Lottery laws:
· Any person shall open, set on foot, carry on, promote, make or draw, publicly or
privately, a lottery, by whatever name, style or title the same may be denominated
or known; or if any person shall, by such way and means, expose or set to sale any
house, real estate, goods, chattels, cash, written evidence of debt, certificates of
claims or any other thing of value whatsoever, every person so offending shall be
guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor which may include a fine not to exceed two
thousand dollars ($2,000).
Gambling:
· Any person or organization that operates any game of chance or any person who
plays at or bets on any game of chance at which any money, property or other
things of value is bet, whether the same be in stake or not, shall be guilty of a Class
2 misdemeanor.
,o This section shall not apply to a person who plays at or bets on any lottery game
being lawfully conducted in any state. A game of chance is "determined entirely or
in part by lot or mere luck, and in which judgment, practice, skill or adroitness
have honestly no office at all, or are thwarted by chance.
Tobacco Laws:
· If any person shall distribute, or aid, assist, or abet any other person in
distributing tobacco products or cigarette wrapping papers to any person under the
age of 18, or if any person shall purchase tobacco products or cigarette wrapping
papers on behalf of a person less than 18 years of age, the person shall be guilty of
a Class 2 misdemeanor.
· If any person under the age of 18 purchases or accepts receipt, or attempts to
purchase or accept receipt of tobacco products or cigarette wrapping papers, or
presents or offers to any person any purported proof of age which is false,
fraudulent or not actually his or her own, for the purpose of purchasing or
receiving any tobacco product or cigarette wrapping papers, t
(Pg. 36-37) State the role of law enforcement as it relates to in the issuance of
various forms of criminal process. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-· Criminal summons:
Charges a crime and orders the accused to appear in court on a designated time and
date to answer to the charges against him. The accused is not arrested on a criminal
summons, but instead served the summons to appear in court on a specified date.
· Magistrate's order: An officer must take a person arrested without a warrant to a
magistrate so that the magistrate may determine whether to issue a magistrate's
order. A magistrate's order is a document that charges a person with a criminal
offense; it is issued only if the magistrate determines that probable cause exists to
believe that a criminal offense was committed, and that the defendant committed
that offense.
· Order for arrest: Process issued by a judicial official that orders a law
enforcement to take a named person into custody.
· Officers usually appear in person before a magistrate to present under oath the
facts which justify the issuance of the warrant or other process charging a criminal
offense or offenses.
, (Pg. 8-13) State how the First Amendment affects the law enforcement function:
Establishes rights that we consider basic in a free society - ✔✔✔ANSWER-·
These rights are the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
a. Religion: Congress cannot make any law concerning the establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion. These two (2) clauses prevent
the federal government from establishing a national church (requiring support by
taxation) or from intruding on personal religious beliefs
i. Establishment clause: Government may not require or enforce religious
observations. Government may not compel citizens to follow any particular
religion, either through law or spending of tax dollars.
ii. Free exercise clause: Citizens have a right to worship God, a Supreme Being, or
hold any other belief in compliance with their conscience.
b. Speech: The First Amendment protections for speech and press are directed
toward the right to criticize and publish freely. They are not absolute, and are
subject to reasonable time, place, and manner limitations.
i. Belief: Government cannot coerce its citizens to affirm or disavow a belief. A
government can prohibit participants (for example, standing, sitting, or lying upon
highway or street G.S 20-174.1).
ii. Symbolic speech: Protected speech includes the spoken and written word, the
act of not speaking, and symbolic conduct. Ex. Burning the American Flag, Texas
v. Johnson 1989, "F--- the draft" Cohen v. California.
Restrictions on free speech
Following types of speech have no First Amendment protection and thus may be
barred by the government:
· Obscenity: Depiction of sexual conduct that as a whole, by the average person,
applying contemporary community standards, appeals to the prurient interest in
sex, portrays sex in a patently offensive way, and does not have a serious literary,
artistic, political, or scientific value.
· Fighting words: Words addressed to an ordinary citizen which are int
