{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-263-8","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, § 8","heading":"Acquittal on defective pleadings; subsequent indictment","body":"Section 8. If a person has been acquitted by reason of a variance between the indictment or complaint and the proof, or by reason of a defect of form or substance in the indictment or complaint, he may be again arraigned, tried and convicted for the same crime on a new indictment or complaint, notwithstanding such former acquittal.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 263"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter263/Section8","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:09Z","sha256":"852f8853cacf6e855188b01d0806f3ea4227c8269272c75287da715363fbac43","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-263-7","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-263-8a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}