Massachusetts Code — 279
Browse 57 sections in division 279 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Suspension of execution; payment of fine; probation; revocation of suspension; exceptions
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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 conviction
- § 69. Aggravating and mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases
- § 70. Death penalty imposed; jury findings necessary
- § 71. Review of death sentence; remand; reversal; affirmation