General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 276A District Court Pretrial Diversion of Selected Offenders

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 276A, Section 1
  The following words, as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:— “Assessment”, a thorough and complete measurement of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Jurisdiction of court - Chapter 276A, Section 2
  [ Text of section effective until September 18, 2013. For text effective September 18, 2013, see below.]The district courts, and in Boston, the municipal court...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Screening of defendants; continuance - Chapter 276A, Section 3
  The probation officers of a district or municipal court, or their official designee, when gathering information in accordance with section eighty-five of chapter two hundred...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Inapplicability of chapter to certain otherwise eligible persons - Chapter 276A, Section 4
  In the event that an individual who is eligible under the provisions of section two is charged with a violation of chapter ninety-four C, nothing...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assessment report; recommendations; final determination; stay of criminal proceedings - Chapter 276A, Section 5
  Upon the expiration of a fourteen-day continuance granted pursuant to section three, the director of the program to which the defendant has been referred shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Violations by defendant; hearing; termination of stay - Chapter 276A, Section 6
  During a stay of proceedings or a continuance without a finding, as provided in section five, the director of a program shall submit periodic reports...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expiration of stay or continuance; report of successful completion or recommendation of extension - Chapter 276A, Section 7
  Upon the expiration of the initial ninety-day stay of proceedings or a continuance without a finding, the program director shall submit to the court a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Certification of programs; renewal; revocation - Chapter 276A, Section 8
  The office of the commissioner shall, in its discretion, certify, monitor and aid all programs to which defendants may be diverted pursuant to this chapter....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory board; members; expenses; duties - Chapter 276A, Section 9
  There shall be an advisory board to the office of the commissioner for the overseeing of programs. The members of the advisory board shall be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Diversion of veterans, persons on active service in the armed forces or persons with history of military service - Chapter 276A, Section 10
  A probation officer of a district court, in Boston, the municipal court of the city of Boston or the officer’s official designee, when gathering information...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Continuance for veterans, persons on active service in the armed forces or persons with history of military service for assessment and advisement by state or federal agency having knowledge and experience in veterans affairs - Chapter 276A, Section 11
  A defendant who is determined to be a veteran, on active service or has a history of military service in the armed forces of the...

Last modified: September 11, 2015