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Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265Legal Research Home > Massachusetts Lawyer > Crimes Against the Person > Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265 Sponsored LinksMassachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 1 Murder defined . Section 1. Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, or with extreme atrocity or cruelty, or in the commission or attempted commission ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 2 Punishment for murder; parole; executive clemency . Section 2. Whoever is guilty of murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought or with extreme atrocity or ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 3 Duel; wound without and death within state; venue . Section 3. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who, by previous appointment or engagement made ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 4 Accessory in duel . Section 4. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who, by previous appointment or engagement made within the same, becomes the ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 5 Duel; conviction or acquittal in foreign state; effect . Section 5. A person indicted under either of the two preceding sections may plead a former ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 6 to 8 Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 2 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 9 Prize fighting; engaging . Section 9. Whoever, except as provided in sections thirty-two to fifty, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-seven, by previous appointment ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 10 Prize fight; aiding or promoting; penalty . Section 10. Whoever, except as provided in sections thirty-two to fifty, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-seven, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 11 Prize fight; appointment within and fight without state; penalty . Section 11. An inhabitant or resident of this commonwealth who, by previous appointment or engagement ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 12 Boxing matches; penalty . Section 12. Whoever, except as provided in sections thirty-two to fifty, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty-seven, engages in or ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13 Manslaughter; punishment . Section 13. Whoever commits manslaughter shall, except as hereinafter provided, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13A Assault or assault and battery; punishment . Section 13A. (a) Whoever commits an assault or an assault and battery upon another shall be punished by ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13B Indecent assault and battery on child under fourteen; penalties; subsequent offenses; eligibility for parole, etc. . Section 13B. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13C Assault and battery to collect loan; penalty . Section 13C. Whoever commits an assault and battery upon another for the purpose of collecting a loan ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13D1/2 Firefighters, injuries resulting from criminal offenses; penalty . Section 13D1/2. Whoever commits an offense set forth in section one, two, five or seven of chapter ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13D Assault and battery upon public employees; penalty . Section 13D. Whoever commits an assault and battery upon any public employee when such person is engaged ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13E Repealed, 1971, 1011, Sec. 2 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13F Indecent assault and battery on mentally retarded person; assault and battery . Section 13F. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a mentally retarded ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13G Commission of a felony for hire; additional punishment . Section 13G. Whoever, for the payment of consideration or for the promise of the payment of ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13H Indecent assault and battery on person fourteen or older; penalties . Section 13H. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a person who has ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13I Assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, or ambulance attendant . Section 13I. Whoever commits an assault or assault and battery ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13J Assault and battery upon a child; penalties . Section 13J. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context indicates ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13K Assault and battery upon an elderly or disabled person; definitions; penalties . Section 13K. (a) For the purpose of this section the following words shall, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 13L Wanton or reckless behavior creating a risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse to a child; duty to act; penalty . Section 13L. For ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 14 Mayhem; punishment . Section 14. Whoever, with malicious intent to maim or disfigure, cuts out or maims the tongue, puts out or destroys an eye, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 15 Assault; intent to murder or maim; penalty . Section 15. Whoever assaults another with intent to commit murder, or to maim or disfigure his person ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 15A Assault and battery with dangerous weapon; victim sixty or older; punishment; subsequent offenses . Section 15A. (a) Whoever commits assault and battery upon a person ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 15B Assault with dangerous weapon; victim sixty or older; punishment; subsequent offenses . Section 15B. (a) Whoever, by means of a dangerous weapon, commits an assault ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 16 Attempt to murder . Section 16. Whoever attempts to commit murder by poisoning, drowning or strangling another person, or by any means not constituting an ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 17 Armed robbery; punishment . Section 17. Whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon, assaults another and robs, steals or takes from his person money or ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 18 Assault with intent to rob or murder; weapons; punishment; victim sixty years or older; minimum sentence for repeat offenders . Section 18. (a) Whoever, being ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 18A Dangerous weapon; assault in dwelling house; punishment . Section 18A. Whoever, being armed with a dangerous weapon, enters a dwelling house and while therein assaults ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 18B Use of firearms while committing a felony; second or subsequent offenses; punishment . Section 18B. Whoever, while in the commission of or the attempted commission ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 18C Entry of dwelling place; persons present within; weapons; punishment . Section 18C. Whoever knowingly enters the dwelling place of another knowing or having reason to ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 19 Robbery by unarmed person; punishment; victim sixty or older; minimum sentence for repeat offenders . Section 19. (a) Whoever, not being armed with a dangerous ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 20 Simple assault; intent to rob or steal; punishment . Section 20. Whoever, not being armed with a dangerous weapon, assaults another with force and violence ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 21 Stealing by confining or putting in fear . Section 21. Whoever, with intent to commit larceny or any felony, confines, maims, injures or wounds, or ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 21A Assault, confinement, etc. of person for purpose of stealing motor vehicle; weapons; punishment . Section 21A. Whoever, with intent to steal a motor vehicle, assaults, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 22 Rape, generally; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furlough, education, training or employment programs . Section 22. (a) Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 22A Rape of child; use of force; weapons; punishment . Section 22A. Whoever has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse with a child under sixteen, and ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 23 Rape and abuse of child . Section 23. Whoever unlawfully has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse, and abuses a child under sixteen years of ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 24 Assault with intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furloughs, education, training or employment programs . Section 24. Whoever assaults a person with intent ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 24A Venue . Section 24A. If, in connection with the alleged commission of a crime described in section thirteen B, thirteen F, thirteen H, twenty-two, twenty-two ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 24B Assault of child; intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment . Section 24B. Whoever assaults a child under sixteen with intent to commit a rape, as ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 24C Victim’s name; confidentiality . Section 24C. That portion of the records of a court or any police department of the commonwealth or any of its ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 25 Attempted extortion; punishment . Section 25. Whoever, verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of a crime or offence, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 26 Kidnapping; weapons; child under age 16; punishment . Section 26. Whoever, without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confines or imprisons another person within this commonwealth ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 26A Kidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; punishment . Section 26A. Whoever, being a relative of a child less than eighteen years old, without lawful ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 26B Drugging persons for kidnapping . Section 26B. Whoever applies, administers to or causes to be taken by a person any drug, matter or thing with ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 26C Definition of “entice”; enticement of child under age 16; punishment . Section 26C. (a) As used in this section, the term “entice” shall mean to ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 27 Kidnapping; venue . Section 27. A crime described in section twenty-six may be tried in the county where committed or in any county in or ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 27A Kidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; venue . Section 27A. A crime described in section twenty-six A may be tried in the county where ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 28 Poison; use with intent to injure; punishment . Section 28. Whoever mingles poison with food, drink or medicine with intent to kill or injure another ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 29 Assault; intent to commit felony; punishment . Section 29. Whoever assaults another with intent to commit a felony shall, if the punishment of such assault ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 30 Gross negligence; persons having care of common carrier; penalty . Section 30. Whoever, having the management or control of or over a steamboat or other ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 31 Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 2 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 32 Glass; throwing in public streets and beaches; penalty . Section 32. Whoever throws or drops glass on a public way, or on or near a ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 33 Repealed, 1962, 285, Sec. 2 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 34 Tattooing body of person by other than qualified physician; punishment . Section 34. Whoever, not being registered as a qualified physician under section two of ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 35 Throwing or dropping objects onto public way; punishment . Section 35. Whoever willfully or negligently drops, throws or otherwise releases any object, missile or other ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 36 Throwing or dropping objects at sporting events; punishment . Section 36. Any person who willfully drops, throws or otherwise releases any object, missile or other ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 37 Violations of constitutional rights; punishment . Section 37. No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall by force or threat of force, ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 38 Repealed, 2004, 501, Sec. 9 . ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 39 Assault or battery for purpose of intimidation; weapons; punishment . Section 39. (a) Whoever commits an assault or a battery upon a person or damages ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 40 Causing serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs; punishment . Section 40. Whoever, having the direct management or direct control over the ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 41 Sentence not imposing imprisonment; specific reasons in record . Section 41. In sentencing a person for a violation of any provision of this chapter, the ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 42 Use of radios without earphones on public conveyances; punishment . Section 42. Whoever uses a radio or boom box, so-called, or similar broadcasting equipment without ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 43 Stalking; punishment . Section 43. (a) Whoever (1) willfully and maliciously engages in a knowing pattern of conduct or series of acts over a period ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 43A Criminal harassment; punishment . Section 43A. (a) Whoever willfully and maliciously engages in a knowing pattern of conduct or series of acts over a period ...
Massachusetts General Laws - Crimes Against the Person - Chapter 265, Section 44 Coercion of child under eighteen into criminal conspiracy; penalties . Section 44. Whoever commits an assault and battery on a child under the age of ...
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