General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES |
TITLE II. PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES |
CHAPTER 279. JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION |
SECTION 1. Suspension of execution; payment of fine; probation; revocation of suspension; exceptions |
SECTION 1A. Suspension of execution of sentence; probation; child support payments |
SECTION 1B. Funds collection and disbursement; single point for clerk-magistrate and probation offices |
SECTION 2. Suspension of execution of orders of commitment to Massachusetts reformatory, etc. |
SECTION 3. Arrest without warrant of person on probation; notice of surrender; surrender hearing; warrant for arrest of persons already imprisoned; application for disposition; temporary custody |
SECTION 3A. Motion of district attorney for sentence |
SECTION 4. Imposition of sentence; stay of execution |
SECTION 4A. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 50 |
SECTION 4B. Notice to victim of sentencing proceedings; oral or written statements |
SECTION 5. Sentence if no punishment is provided by statute |
SECTION 6. Sentence to jail or house of correction |
SECTION 6A. Special sentence of imprisonment; eligible offenders; revocation or rescission of special sentence; subsequent crimes |
SECTION 6B. Consideration of defendant's status as primary caregiver of dependent child before imposing sentence |
SECTION 7. Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine |
SECTION 8. Commitments upon two or more sentences |
SECTION 8A. Determination of time of taking effect of sentence; ''from and after'' sentence |
SECTION 8B. Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence |
SECTION 9. Second sentence for non-payment of fine |
SECTION 10. Conditional sentence |
SECTION 11. Punishment by imprisonment only or by fine only when law prescribes both |
SECTION 12. Recognizance of husband convicted of assault upon wife |
SECTION 13. Recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behavior |
SECTION 14. Recognizance; filing; proceedings on breach of condition |
SECTION 15. Sentence to jail or house of correction in any county |
SECTION 16. Sentencing of female to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham |
SECTION 17. Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 14 |
SECTION 18. Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 15 |
SECTION 19. Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony |
SECTION 20. Execution of sentence of imprisonment of females sentenced to confinement at hard labor |
SECTION 21. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 49 |
SECTION 22. Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122 |
SECTION 23. Limitation of sentences of males to jails or houses of correction |
SECTION 24. Indeterminate sentence to state prison; determination of sentence for offender aged fourteen through seventeen |
SECTION 25. Punishment of habitual criminals |
SECTION 26. Further sentence of convict in state prison |
SECTION 27. Immediate execution of sentence to state prison of convict sentenced to jail or house of correction |
SECTION 28. Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 17 |
SECTION 29. Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122 |
SECTION 30. Vacation of office from time of sentence to state prison |
SECTION 31. Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 18 |
SECTION 32. Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 19 |
SECTION 33. Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 20 |
SECTION 33A. Credit for days of confinement awaiting and during trial |
SECTION 34. Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence |
SECTION 35. Transmission of complaint or indictment to correctional institution |
SECTION 36. Sentences to state farm |
SECTION 37. Setting out statutory name of crime in warrant for commitment |
SECTION 38. Powers of sheriff or constable in execution of warrant of commitment |
SECTION 39. Return of precept to magistrate |
SECTION 40. Service of new warrant of commitment upon convict |
SECTION 41. Default of corporation |
SECTION 42. Warrant of distress to compel payment of penalty or assessment |
SECTION 43 to 56. Repealed, 1982, 554, Sec. 5 |
SECTION 57. Death sentence; pronouncement or revocation of stay; warrant of conviction; execution of sentence; certified copy of record to governor |
SECTION 58. Death sentence confinement; psychiatric examination; transfer or failure to transfer to general prison population; appeal; hearing; annual record review; court order |
SECTION 59. Execution of death sentence; time constraints |
SECTION 60. Means of execution of death sentence |
SECTION 61. Capital crime conviction; imposition of sentence; insane and pregnant persons |
SECTION 62. Delay in execution of death sentence; insanity or pregnancy of prisoner; psychiatric examination and written certification |
SECTION 63. Delay in execution of death sentence; consideration of pardon |
SECTION 64. Judicial stay of execution of death sentence; final determination of judicial questions |
SECTION 65. Witnesses; execution of death sentence |
SECTION 66. Execution of death sentence; post mortem examination |
SECTION 67. Warrant for execution of death sentence; return to clerk of court after execution |
SECTION 69. Aggravating and mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases |
SECTION 70. Death penalty imposed; jury findings necessary |
SECTION 71. Review of death sentence; remand; reversal; affirmation |