General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 274 Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to Commit Crimes

• Massachusetts General Laws - Felonies and misdemeanors - Chapter 274, Section 1
  A crime punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison is a felony. All other crimes are misdemeanors.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Aiders; accessories before fact; punishment - Chapter 274, Section 2
  Whoever aids in the commission of a felony, or is accessory thereto before the fact by counselling, hiring or otherwise procuring such felony to be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Counselling or procuring felony; prosecution as accessory before fact or principal; punishment; venue - Chapter 274, Section 3
  Whoever counsels, hires or otherwise procures a felony to be committed may be indicted and convicted as an accessory before the fact, either with the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Accessories after fact; punishment; relationship as defence; cross-examination; impeachment - Chapter 274, Section 4
  Whoever, after the commission of a felony, harbors, conceals, maintains or assists the principal felon or accessory before the fact, or gives such offender any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Felon’s conviction or amenability to justice; venue - Chapter 274, Section 5
  An accessory to a felony after the fact may be indicted, convicted and punished, whether the principal felon has or has not been previously convicted,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Attempts to commit crimes; punishment - Chapter 274, Section 6
  Whoever attempts to commit a crime by doing any act toward its commission, but fails in its perpetration, or is intercepted or prevented in its...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Conspiracy; penalties - Chapter 274, Section 7
  Any person who commits the crime of conspiracy shall be punished as follows: First, if the purpose of the conspiracy or any of the means...

Last modified: September 11, 2015