{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-212-24","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 24","heading":"Precedence of certain prosecutions","body":"Section 24. At a sitting of the court at which criminal business may be transacted, cases arising under chapters one hundred and nineteen, two hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred and thirty-nine and two hundred and seventy-three shall have precedence in the order in which said chapters are herein named, next after the cases of persons who are actually confined in prison and awaiting trial; provided, that the court, on motion of the district attorney, may order that the trial of any specified case of crime shall take precedence over all other cases.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 212"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter212/Section24","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:42Z","sha256":"d1444a0dcbfa8196b7856e8c223d55aa4e53e4654c88f75e6c376132e50f251f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-212-23","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-212-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}