{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-56","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 56","heading":"Subsequent offenses; breach of recognizance on appeal","body":"Section 56. If a person convicted under section fifty-three appeals from the sentence, the commission of any like offence by him before judgment on the appeal shall be a breach of the condition of the recognizance, if any was taken upon allowing the appeal.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section56","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:17Z","sha256":"4db35dfc6991f5aeb515333e6305dfdc661aea64d463e1da5c8b437c0cd9c6c6","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-55","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}