{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-5","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 5","heading":"Duel; conviction or acquittal in foreign state; effect","body":"Section 5. A person indicted under either of the two preceding sections may plead a former conviction or acquittal of the same crime in any other state or country; and if his plea is admitted or established, it shall be a bar to all further proceedings against him for the same crime within this commonwealth.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 265"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Section5","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:09Z","sha256":"340a7ee16f26526cb26f7a9c3bf38b326c9765717a5b7708f5c54331e411a12d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-4","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-265-6-to-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}