{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-8b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 8B","heading":"Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence","body":"Section 8B. If a defendant on release subject to the provisions of section fifty-eight of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, commits a crime, the sentence imposed for such a crime shall run consecutively to the earlier sentence for the crime for which he was on release.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 279"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter279/Section8B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:23Z","sha256":"ff0beeca665deabb2cfd11e6079324450eec1d46fff218a91a2d1199d929f68c","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-8a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}