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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 99G · Pretrial services initiative; supervisor of pretrial services; duties; staff; reports
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100 · Detailed reports of probation work; records; accessibility of information
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100A · Requests to seal files; conditions; application of section; effect of sealing of records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100B · Requests to seal delinquency files or records; conditions; sealing by commissioner; notice for compliance; effect of sealing; limited disclosure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100C · Sealing of records or files in certain criminal cases; effect upon employment reports; enforcement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100D · Availability of sealed criminal record information
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100E · Definitions applicable to Secs. 100E through 100U
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100F · Petition for expungement of record as adjudicated delinquent or youthful offender
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100G · Petition for expungement of record of conviction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100H · Petition for expungement of record without adjudication as delinquent or youthful offender or conviction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100I · Certification of eligibility for expungement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100J · Offenses excluded from eligibility of record for expungement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100K · Expungement of record resulting from false identification, an offense no longer a crime at time of expungement, error or fraud
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100L · Duty of clerk of court and commissioner of criminal justice information to expunge court records and police logs upon order issued pursuant to Secs. 100F, 100G, 100H or 100K
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100M · Failure to acknowledge expunged record as basis for perjury or false statement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100N · Employment applications and trade or professional licensures; effect of expunged records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100O · Petitions for expungement and related records excluded as public records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100P · Exclusion of general public from proceedings relating to petition for expungement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100Q · Sealed or expunged records not to be available for inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100R · Waiver of right to expunge as condition of plea deal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100S · Negligence claims; employers and landlords presumed to have no notice of seal, expunged or otherwise protected records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100T · Notice of sealed and expunged records to Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100U · Administration and enforcement of Secs. 100E to 100T
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 100K1/4 · Expungement of record resulting from certain possession or cultivation of marijuana offenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 101 · Annual report of commissioner to general court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 101A · Establishment of uniform forms of blanks and records for use in district court probation offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 102 · Effect of Secs. 98 to 101A on authority of courts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 103 · Notice to commissioner of appointment, removal, etc., of probation officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 2 · Jurisdiction of court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 3 · Screening of defendants; continuance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 4 · Inapplicability of chapter to certain persons; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 5 · Assessment report; recommendations; final determination; stay of criminal proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 6 · Violations by defendant; hearing; termination of stay
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 7 · Expiration of stay or continuance; report of successful completion or recommendation of extension
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 8,9 · Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 200
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 10 · Diversion of veterans, persons on active service in the armed forces or persons with history of military service
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 11 · 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 12 · Discretionary authority to divert offender not limited by this chapter or Chapter 276B
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276B, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276B, § 2 · Voluntary participation in community-based restorative justice program by juvenile and adult defendants; disposition of case upon completion
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276B, § 3 · Offenses disqualifying person from eligibility in community-based restorative justice program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276B, § 4 · Effect of participation in community-based restorative justice program in current or subsequent legal proceedings; confidentiality of statements made during the course of an assignment to program
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276B, § 5 · Restorative justice advisory committee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 1 · Issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors; attendance at sittings of court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 1A · Completion of investigations by grand juries; notice; order
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2 · Suffolk county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2A · Issuance of writs of venire facias for special grand jury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2B · Middlesex county; issuance of letters of venire for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2C · Hampden county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2D · Plymouth county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2E · Worcester county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2F · Norfolk county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2G · Essex county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2H · Bristol county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 3 · Drawing and summoning of grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 3A · Suffolk county; impanelling grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 4 · Deficiency of grand jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 5 · Impanelling and oath
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 6 · Affirmation in lieu of oath
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 7 to 10 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 33
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 11 · Re-summoning at same sitting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 12, 13 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 33
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 14 · Grand juror serving as traverse juror
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 14A · Right to counsel; grand jury proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 15 · Discharge of accused person not indicted
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 16 · Repealed, 1970, 888, Sec. 7
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 17 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 33
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 18 · Circumstances of the act
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 19 · Name of accused person; description by fictitious name; entry of true name
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 20 · Time and place of commission of crime
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 21 · Means
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 22 · Description of written instrument; variance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 23 · Description of money
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 24 · Description of value or price
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 25 · Description of ownership
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 26 · Description of public place
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 27 · Description of animal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 28 · Description of judicial proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 29 · Criminal responsibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 30 · Intent to injure or defraud; general allegation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 31 · Alternative allegations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 32 · Continuing offenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 33 · Unnecessary and immaterial allegations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 34 · Immaterial defects
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 35 · Variance; prejudice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 35A · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 35
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 36 · Scope of word ''oath''
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 37 · Negativing excuses, exceptions or provisos
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 38 · Allegations, bill of particulars, presumption and proof in prosecutions involving controlled substances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 39 · Construction of certain words used in indictment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 40 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 37
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 41 · Indictment for criminal dealing with personal property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 42 · Prosecutions for buying, receiving or aiding in concealment of stolen property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 43 · Indictment for perjury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 44 · Indictment for subornation of perjury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 45 · Indictment for unnatural and lascivious acts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 46 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 37
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 47 · Arraignment in capital cases; sentence; assignment of counsel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 47A · Defenses or objections; time of motion