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Mass. General Laws c.279

Judgment and execution

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§ 1 Suspension of execution; payment of fine; probation; revocation of suspension; exceptions 

Amended by St.2018, c. 69, § 206, effective April 13, 2018

§ 1A Suspension of execution of sentence; probation; child support payments 
§ 1B Funds collection and disbursement; single point for clerk-magistrate and probation offices 
§ 2 Suspension of execution of orders of commitment to Massachusetts reformatory, etc. 
§ 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 
§ 3A Motion of district attorney for sentence 
§ 4 Imposition of sentence; stay of execution 
§ 4B Notice to victim of sentencing proceedings; oral or written statements 
§ 5 Sentence if no punishment is provided by statute 
§ 6 Sentence to jail or house of correction 
§ 6A Special sentence of imprisonment; eligible offenders; revocation or rescission of special sentence; subsequent crimes 
§ 6B Consideration of defendant’s status as primary caregiver of dependent child before imposing sentence 

Added by St.2018, c. 69, § 207, effective July 12, 2018

§ 7 Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine 
§ 8 Commitments upon two or more sentences 
§ 8A Determination of time of taking effect of sentence; ''from and after'' sentence 
§ 8B Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence 
§ 9 Second sentence for non-payment of fine 
§ 10 Conditional sentence 
§ 11 Punishment by imprisonment only or by fine only when law prescribes both 
§ 12 Recognizance of husband convicted of assault upon wife 
§ 13 Recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behavior 
§ 14 Recognizance; filing; proceedings on breach of condition 
§ 15 Sentence to jail or house of correction in any county 
§ 16 Sentencing of female to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham 
§ 19 Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony 
§ 20 Execution of sentence of imprisonment of females sentenced to confinement at hard labor 
§ 23 Limitation of sentences of males to jails or houses of correction 
§ 24 Indeterminate sentence to state prison; determination of sentence for offender aged fourteen through seventeen 
§ 25 Punishment of habitual criminals 

Amended by St. 2024, c. 135, § 147, effective October 2, 2024

§ 26 Further sentence of convict in state prison 
§ 27 Immediate execution of sentence to state prison of convict sentenced to jail or house of correction 
§ 30 Vacation of office from time of sentence to state prison 
§ 33A Credit for days of confinement awaiting and during trial 
§ 34 Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence 
§ 35 Transmission of complaint or indictment to correctional institution 
§ 36 Sentences to state farm 
§ 37 Setting out statutory name of crime in warrant for commitment 
§ 38 Powers of sheriff or constable in execution of warrant of commitment 
§ 39 Return of precept to magistrate 
§ 40 Service of new warrant of commitment upon convict 
§ 41 Default of corporation 
§ 42 Warrant of distress to compel payment of penalty or assessment 
§ 57 Death sentence; pronouncement or revocation of stay; warrant of conviction; execution of sentence; certified copy of record to governor 
§ 58 Death sentence confinement; psychiatric examination; transfer or failure to transfer to general prison population; appeal; hearing; annual record review; court order 
§ 59 Execution of death sentence; time constraints 
§ 60 Means of execution of death sentence 
§ 61 Capital crime conviction; imposition of sentence; insane and pregnant persons 
§ 62 Delay in execution of death sentence; insanity or pregnancy of prisoner; psychiatric examination and written certification 
§ 63 Delay in execution of death sentence; consideration of pardon 
§ 64 Judicial stay of execution of death sentence; final determination of judicial questions 
§ 65 Witnesses; execution of death sentence 
§ 66 Execution of death sentence; post mortem examination 
§ 67 Warrant for execution of death sentence; return to clerk of court after execution 
§ 68 Special jury questions for first degree murder; presentence hearing upon conviction for consideration of death penalty; consideration by jury of aggravating and mitigating circumstances; determination by jury; sentence by court; validity of convictio 
§ 69 Aggravating and mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases 
§ 70 Death penalty imposed; jury findings necessary 
§ 71 Review of death sentence; remand; reversal; affirmation 

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