{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-3a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 3A","heading":"Motion of district attorney for sentence","body":"Section 3A. Not later than seven days after a plea of guilty or after a verdict of guilty and in any event before adjournment of the sitting at which such plea or verdict has been taken and recorded in a case of felony wherein no question of law has been reported for decision by the supreme judicial court, the district attorney shall move for sentence; provided, that nothing herein shall preclude the district attorney from again making such a motion in any case where the imposition of sentence is delayed under section forty-seven.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 279"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter279/Section3A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:23Z","sha256":"8f1e21eaafb9906399023b9bed698f4a81684c60cae3d570c2e72e60c47c258a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-3","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}