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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 48, 49 · Repealed, 1932, 180, Sec. 44
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 50 · Repealed, 1936, 161, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 51, 52 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 40
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 53 · District attorneys; authority and duty as to transferred cases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 54 · Custody and delivery of prisoner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 55 · Compensation of counsel of prisoner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 56 · Expenses of counsel of prisoner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 57 · Venue for prosecution of crimes committed near boundary line of counties, etc.; crimes committed on sea
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 57A · Venue in cases where crime was committed without county or territorial jurisdiction of court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 58 · Larceny; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 58A · Buying, receiving, concealing or aiding in concealment of stolen or embezzled property; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 58B · Embezzlement or fraudulent conversion or appropriation by fiduciaries; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 58A1/2 · Computer offenses; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 59 · Obtaining money or personal chattel by false pretences; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 59A · Transmission of false reports, location of explosives, etc.; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 60 · Homicide if injury is in one county and death in another; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 61 · Crime committed at sea, etc., resulting in death in county; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 62 · Crime committed in commonwealth resulting in death outside commonwealth; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 62A · Violations of chapter 209A; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 62B · Stalking; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 62C · Violations of Sec. 35A of chapter 266; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 63 · Limitation of criminal prosecutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 64 · Limitation of new indictment against corporation after abatement or defeat of former indictment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 65 · Service of copy of indictment for murder on prisoner, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 66 · List of jurors to prisoners; process for witnesses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 67 · Furnishing person in custody, etc., with copy of indictment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 68 · Issuance of subpoenas by attorney general and district attorneys
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 69 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 42
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 70 · Recognizance of witnesses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 70A · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 42
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 70B · Placing cases on file; statement of reasons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 70C · Treatment of violation of ordinance, by-law or misdemeanor offense as a civil infraction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 71 to 72A · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 42
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 73 · Compensation for confinement of persons discharged
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 74 to 77 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 42
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 78 · Criminal proceedings as no bar to civil action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 79 · Application of annexed forms; schedule
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 1 · Authority to convene statewide grand jury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 2 · Selection of county where statewide grand jury to sit; appointment of superior court justice to preside
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 3 · Nature and scope of investigation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 4 · Manner of drawing and selecting specially-empaneled statewide grand jury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 5 · Period during which statewide grand jury may sit
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 6 · Powers and duties of attorney general and assistant attorney general
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 7 · County in which indictment to be returned; venue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, § 8 · Effect on jurisdiction of county grand jury or district attorney
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 1 · Trial list of criminal cases, adding cases to list
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 2 · Trial of issues of fact
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 2A, 3 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 4 · Oaths of jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 5 · Affirmation of jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 6 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 6A · Testimony concerning ownership in cases involving motor vehicle theft or fraudulent claims; preservation of testimony
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 7 · Burden to prove license or admission to practice as attorney at law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 8 · Justification in libel cases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 8A · Killing or injuring a person unlawfully in a dwelling; defense
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 9 · Proof of ownership of property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 10 · Night time; definition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 11 · Directed verdict; setting aside verdict, new trial or finding of guilty of included offense
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 11A · Habitual criminals; separate trial on issue of prior conviction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 12 · Acquittal of part of crime and conviction of residue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 13 · Repealed, 1970, 888, Sec. 8
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 14 · Liability for fees of person acquitted
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 15 · Discontinuance of prosecution under by-laws, ordinances, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 16 · Assignment of counsel for inmates of institutions for reformation of juvenile offenders
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 16A · Exclusion of public from trial for sex offenses involving minors under age of eighteen
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 16B · Exclusion of public from trial of criminal proceeding involving husband and wife
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 16C · Exclusion of public from trial involving crime of incest or rape
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 16D · Child witness testimony; videotaping or transmission by simultaneous electronic means in certain cases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 16E · Repealed, 1994, 352, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 16F · Expedited trials of sex crimes involving minor children as victims or witnesses; continuance; impact statement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 17 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43B
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 18 · Pleas of not guilty, guilty or nolo contendere; requests for specific disposition; pretrial motions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 18A · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 303
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 19, 20 · Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 194
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 21 · Repealed, 1955, 131, Sec. 10
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 22 · Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 194
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 23 · Certain acts or omissions by defendant not admissible against him in criminal trial
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 24 to 26 · Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 196
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 27 · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 43B
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 28 · Appeal to supreme judicial court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 28A · Appellate division of superior court for review of sentences
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 28B · Right of appeal to appellate division; time limit; stay of execution of sentence; jurisdiction; review of judgment, etc.; disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 28C · Amendment of judgment; resentencing or other disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 28D · Repealed, 2007, 61, Sec. 31
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 28E · Appeals by commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 28D1/2 · Salary of clerk and assistant clerks of appellate division; designation and salary of clerical assistant in matters pertaining to business of appellate division
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 29, 29A · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 46
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 29B · Withdrawal of uncounseled guilty plea
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 29C · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 48
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 29D · Conviction upon plea of guilty, nolo contendere or an admission to sufficient facts; motion to vacate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 30 to 31C · Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 48
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 32 to 33D · Repealed, 1979, 346, Sec. 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 33E · Capital cases; review by supreme judicial court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 33F to 33H · Repealed, 1979, 346, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 34 · Motions in arrest of judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 35 · Trial of male and female prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, § 2 · Conditions for filing motion for forensic or scientific analysis; affect of chapter upon analysis under other circumstances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, § 3 · Filing of motion; contents; motion for discovery; affidavit of factual innocence; expeditious review of motion
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, § 4 · Jurisdiction over motion; service of motion; response by prosecuting attorney