Massachusetts § 34 - Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 34 — Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34. Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence
Section 34. When a convict is sentenced to pay a fine or to be imprisoned, the clerk of the court shall forthwith make out and deliver to the sheriff or to some officer in court a duly certified transcript from the minutes of the court of the conviction and sentence, which shall authorize the officer to execute such sentence, and he shall execute it accordingly. When such convict is sentenced to be imprisoned in a correctional institution of the commonwealth, except the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater and the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, the officer authorized to execute such sentence shall deliver him to the reception center established in accordance with the provisions of section twenty of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven for examination and classification.
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What does Massachusetts General Laws § 34 cover?
Section 34 ("Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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