{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-8","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 8","heading":"Commitments upon two or more sentences","body":"Section 8. A convict upon whom two or more sentences to imprisonment are imposed may be fully committed upon all such sentences at the same time, and shall serve them in the order named in the mittimuses upon which he is committed; but when fine and imprisonment are named in one of the sentences the prisoner shall always be committed upon the term sentence first.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 279"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter279/Section8","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:23Z","sha256":"c866bd77f32175e6011afea586ec2a11ecf9b3a60a57eea4231d1624a97d4ca7","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-7","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-8a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}