CHAPTER 278. TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUDGMENT.
Chapter 278, Section 1. Trial list of criminal cases, adding cases to list.
Chapter 278, Section 2. Trial of issues of fact.
Chapter 278, Section 2A, 3. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43.
Chapter 278, Section 4. Oaths of jurors.
Chapter 278, Section 5. Affirmation of jurors.
Chapter 278, Section 6. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43.
Chapter 278, Section 7. Burden to prove license or admission to practice as attorney at law.
Chapter 278, Section 8. Justification in libel cases.
Chapter 278, Section 8A. Killing or injuring a person unlawfully in a dwelling; defense.
Chapter 278, Section 9. Proof of ownership of property.
Chapter 278, Section 10. Night time; definition.
Chapter 278, Section 11. Directed verdict; setting aside verdict, new trial or finding of guilty of included offense.
Chapter 278, Section 11A. Habitual criminals; separate trial on issue of prior conviction.
Chapter 278, Section 12. Acquittal of part of crime and conviction of residue.
Chapter 278, Section 13. Repealed, 1970, 888, Sec. 8.
Chapter 278, Section 14. Liability for fees of person acquitted.
Chapter 278, Section 15. Discontinuance of prosecution under by-laws, ordinances, etc..
Chapter 278, Section 16. Assignment of counsel for inmates of institutions for reformation of juvenile offenders.
Chapter 278, Section 16A. Exclusion of public from trial for sex offenses involving minors under age of eighteen.
Chapter 278, Section 16B. Exclusion of public from trial of criminal proceeding involving husband and wife.
Chapter 278, Section 16C. Exclusion of public from trial involving crime of incest or rape.
Chapter 278, Section 16D. Child witness testimony; videotaping or transmission by simultaneous electronic means in certain cases.
Chapter 218, Section 16E. Repealed, 1994, 352, Sec. 2.
Chapter 278, Section 17. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43B.
Chapter 278, Section 18. Pleas of not guilty, guilty or nolo contendere; requests for specific disposition; pretrial motions.
Chapter 278, Section 18A. Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 303.
Chapter 278, Section 19, 20. Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 194.
Chapter 278, Section 21. Repealed, 1955, 131, Sec. 10.
Chapter 278, Section 22. Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 194.
Chapter 278, Section 23. Certain acts or omissions by defendant not admissible against him in criminal trial.
Chapter 278, Section 24 -- 26. Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 196.
Chapter 278, Section 27. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43B.
Chapter 278, Section 28. Appeal to supreme judicial court.
Chapter 278, Section 28A. Appellate division of superior court for review of sentences.
Chapter 278, Section 28C. Amendment of judgment; resentencing or other disposition.
Chapter 278, Section 28D. Salaries and expenses of clerk, assistant clerks and clerical assistant of appellate division.
Chapter 278, Section 28E. Appeals by commonwealth.
Chapter 278, Section 29, 29A. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 46.
Chapter 278, Section 29B. Withdrawal of uncounseled guilty plea.
Chapter 278, Section 29C. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 48.
Chapter 278, Section 29D. Conviction upon plea of guilty or nolo contendere; motion to vacate.
Chapter 278, Section 30--31C. Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 48.
Chapter 278, Section 32--33D. Repealed, 1979, 346, Sec. 1.
Chapter 278, Section 33E. Capital cases; review by supreme judicial court.
Chapter 278, Section 33F--33H. Repealed, 1979, 346, Sec. 3.
Chapter 278, Section 34. Motions in arrest of judgment.
Chapter 278, Section 35. Trial of male and female prisoners.
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