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Section 1 - Trial List of Criminal Cases, Adding Cases to List - Section 1. At each session of the superior court for...
Section 2 - Trial of Issues of Fact - Section 2. Issues of fact joined upon an indictment or...
Section 4 - Oaths of Jurors - Section 4. The following oath shall be administered to the...
Section 5 - Affirmation of Jurors - Section 5. A juror who is conscientiously scrupulous of taking...
Section 6a - Testimony Concerning Ownership in Cases Involving Motor Vehicle Theft or Fraudulent Claims; Preservation of Testimony - Section 6A. At the arraignment of a defendant charged with...
Section 7 - Burden to Prove License or Admission to Practice as Attorney at Law - Section 7. A defendant in a criminal prosecution, relying for...
Section 8 - Justification in Libel Cases - Section 8. The defendant in a prosecution for writing or...
Section 8a - Killing or Injuring a Person Unlawfully in a Dwelling; Defense - Section 8A. In the prosecution of a person who is...
Section 9 - Proof of Ownership of Property - Section 9. In the prosecution of crimes which relate to...
Section 10 - Night Time; Definition - Section 10. If a crime is alleged to have been...
Section 11 - Directed Verdict; Setting Aside Verdict, New Trial or Finding of Guilty of Included Offense - Section 11. If a motion for a directed verdict of...
Section 11a - Habitual Criminals; Separate Trial on Issue of Prior Conviction - Section 11A. If a defendant is charged with a crime...
Section 12 - Acquittal of Part of Crime and Conviction of Residue - Section 12. If a person indicted for a felony is...
Section 14 - Liability for Fees of Person Acquitted - Section 14. No prisoner or person under recognizance, acquitted by...
Section 15 - Discontinuance of Prosecution Under By-Laws, Ordinances, Etc. - Section 15. In a prosecution before a district court under...
Section 16 - Assignment of Counsel for Inmates of Institutions for Reformation of Juvenile Offenders - Section 16. The court may assign counsel to an inmate...
Section 16a - Exclusion of Public From Trial for Sex Offenses Involving Minors Under Age of Eighteen - Section 16A. At the trial of a complaint or indictment...
Section 16b - Exclusion of Public From Trial of Criminal Proceeding Involving Husband and Wife - Section 16B. The presiding justice of a district court may...
Section 16c - Exclusion of Public From Trial Involving Crime of Incest or Rape - Section 16C. To protect the parties involved at a trial...
Section 16d - Child Witness Testimony; Videotaping or Transmission by Simultaneous Electronic Means in Certain Cases - Section 16D. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 16f - Expedited Trials of Sex Crimes Involving Minor Children as Victims or Witnesses; Continuance; Impact Statement - Section 16F. In any criminal proceeding involving an alleged sex...
Section 18 - Pleas of Not Guilty, Guilty or Nolo Contendere; Requests for Specific Disposition; Pretrial Motions - Section 18. A defendant who is before the Boston municipal...
Section 23 - Certain Acts or Omissions by Defendant Not Admissible Against Him in Criminal Trial - Section 23. At the trial of a criminal case in...
Section 28 - Appeal to Supreme Judicial Court - Section 28. A defendant aggrieved by a judgment of the...
Section 28a - Appellate Division of Superior Court for Review of Sentences - Section 28A. There shall be an appellate division of the...
Section 28b - Right of Appeal to Appellate Division; Time Limit; Stay of Execution of Sentence; Jurisdiction; Review of Judgment, etc.; Disposition - Section 28B. A person aggrieved by a sentence which may...
Section 28c - Amendment of Judgment; Resentencing or Other Disposition - Section 28C. If the judgment is amended by an order...
Section 28d1/2 - Salary of Clerk and Assistant Clerks of Appellate Division; Designation and Salary of Clerical Assistant in Matters Pertaining to Business of Appellate Division - Section 28D1/2. The clerk of the appellate division shall receive...
Section 28e - Appeals by Commonwealth - Section 28E. An appeal may be taken by and on...
Section 29b - Withdrawal of Uncounseled Guilty Plea - Section 29B. If a defendant having a right to counsel...
Section 29d - Conviction Upon Plea of Guilty, Nolo Contendere or an Admission to Sufficient Facts; Motion to Vacate - Section 29D. The court shall not accept a plea of...
Section 33e - Capital Cases; Review by Supreme Judicial Court - Section 33E. In a capital case as hereinafter defined the...
Section 34 - Motions in Arrest of Judgment - Section 34. No motion in arrest of judgment shall be...
Section 35 - Trial of Male and Female Prisoners - Section 35. In all trials in district courts, male and...