{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-61","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 61","heading":"Conviction after discharge from sentence under Sec. 53","body":"Section 61. Whoever, having been discharged under section one hundred and forty of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, is afterward convicted of any offence mentioned in section fifty-three committed after the former conviction, either in the same or a different county, may be sentenced to hard labor in the house of correction for not more than one year.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section61","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:17Z","sha256":"229abd8f27c502a3a545501141b9ad1416923511d6576cd73d57e31aa71c9511","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-60","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-62"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}