General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 263 Rights of Persons Accused of Crime

• 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; actions against officers - 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 - 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 indictment - 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 county of 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: September 11, 2015