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- Massachusetts General Laws - Nature of crime; right to be informed; penalty - Chapter 263, Section 1
Whoever is arrested by virtue of process, or whoever is taken into custody by an officer, has a right to know from the officer who...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fingerprinting and photographing - Chapter 263, Section 1A
Whoever is arrested by virtue of process, or is taken into custody by an officer, and charged with the commission of a felony shall be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arrest on false pretence; penalty - Chapter 263, Section 2
An officer who arrests or takes into or detains in custody a person, pretending to have a process if he has none, or pretending to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - False imprisonment; limitation on action - Chapter 263, Section 3
No action, except for use of excessive force, shall lie against any officer other than the arresting officer, by reason of the fact that, in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prosecution of crimes; manner; juveniles - Chapter 263, Section 4
No person shall be held to answer in any court for an alleged crime, except upon an indictment by a grand jury or upon a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Waiver of indictment; procedure - Chapter 263, Section 4A
A defendant charged in the district court with an offense as to which he has the right to be proceeded against by indictment shall have...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Counsel; right of accused - Chapter 263, Section 5
A person accused of crime shall at his trial be allowed to be heard by counsel, to defend himself, to produce witnesses and proofs in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Driving while intoxicated; right to medical examination; notice - Chapter 263, Section 5A
A person held in custody at a police station or other place of detention, charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conviction; manner; waiver of jury trial - Chapter 263, Section 6
A person indicted for a crime shall not be convicted thereof except by confessing his guilt in open court, by admitting the truth of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Acquittal; effect on subsequent charges - Chapter 263, Section 7
A person shall not be held to answer on a second indictment or complaint for a crime of which he has been acquitted upon the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Acquittal on defective pleadings; subsequent indictments - Chapter 263, Section 8
If a person has been acquitted by reason of a variance between the indictment or complaint and the proof, or by reason of a defect...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Acquittal on merits in district court or housing courts of city of Boston and counties of Hampden and Worcester; effect - Chapter 263, Section 8A
A person shall not be held to answer in a district court or the housing court of the city of Boston, the western division of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Punishment; conditions precedent - Chapter 263, Section 9
A person shall not be punished for a crime unless he has been legally convicted thereof by a court having competent jurisdiction of the cause...
Last modified: March 17, 2010
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