Massachusetts Chapter 279 — Judgment and Execution

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1— Suspension of execution; payment of fine; probation; revocation of suspension; exceptions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1A— Suspension of execution of sentence; probation; child support payments
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1B— Funds collection and disbursement; single point for clerk-magistrate and probation offices
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 2— Suspension of execution of orders of commitment to Massachusetts reformatory, etc
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 3— Arrest without warrant of person on probation; notice of surrender; surrender hearing; warrant for arrest of persons already imprisoned; application for disposition; temporary custody
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 3A— Motion of district attorney for sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 4— Imposition of sentence; stay of execution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 4A— Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 50
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 4B— Notice to victim of sentencing proceedings; oral or written statements
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 5— Sentence if no punishment is provided by statute
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 6— Sentence to jail or house of correction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 6A— Special sentence of imprisonment; eligible offenders; revocation or rescission of special sentence; subsequent crimes
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 6B— Consideration of defendant's status as primary caregiver of dependent child before imposing sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 7— Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 8— Commitments upon two or more sentences
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 8A— Determination of time of taking effect of sentence; ''from and after'' sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 8B— Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 9— Second sentence for non-payment of fine
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 10— Conditional sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 11— Punishment by imprisonment only or by fine only when law prescribes both
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 12— Recognizance of husband convicted of assault upon wife
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 13— Recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behavior
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 14— Recognizance; filing; proceedings on breach of condition
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 15— Sentence to jail or house of correction in any county
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 16— Sentencing of female to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 17— Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 14
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 18— Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 15
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 19— Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 20— Execution of sentence of imprisonment of females sentenced to confinement at hard labor
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 21— Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 49
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 22— Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 23— Limitation of sentences of males to jails or houses of correction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 24— Indeterminate sentence to state prison; determination of sentence for offender aged fourteen through seventeen
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 25— Punishment of habitual criminals
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 26— Further sentence of convict in state prison
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 27— Immediate execution of sentence to state prison of convict sentenced to jail or house of correction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 28— Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 17
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 29— Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 30— Vacation of office from time of sentence to state prison
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 31— Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 18
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 32— Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 19
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 33— Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 20
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 33A— Credit for days of confinement awaiting and during trial
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 34— Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 35— Transmission of complaint or indictment to correctional institution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 36— Sentences to state farm
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 37— Setting out statutory name of crime in warrant for commitment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 38— Powers of sheriff or constable in execution of warrant of commitment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 39— Return of precept to magistrate
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 40— Service of new warrant of commitment upon convict
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 41— Default of corporation
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 42— Warrant of distress to compel payment of penalty or assessment
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 57— Death sentence; pronouncement or revocation of stay; warrant of conviction; execution of sentence; certified copy of record to governor
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 58— Death sentence confinement; psychiatric examination; transfer or failure to transfer to general prison population; appeal; hearing; annual record review; court order
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 59— Execution of death sentence; time constraints
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 60— Means of execution of death sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 61— Capital crime conviction; imposition of sentence; insane and pregnant persons
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 62— Delay in execution of death sentence; insanity or pregnancy of prisoner; psychiatric examination and written certification
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 63— Delay in execution of death sentence; consideration of pardon
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 64— Judicial stay of execution of death sentence; final determination of judicial questions
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 65— Witnesses; execution of death sentence
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 66— Execution of death sentence; post mortem examination
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 67— Warrant for execution of death sentence; return to clerk of court after execution
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 68— Special jury questions for first degree murder; presentence hearing upon conviction for consideration of death penalty; consideration by jury of aggravating and mitigating circumstances; determination by jury; sentence by court; validity of conviction
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 69— Aggravating and mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 70— Death penalty imposed; jury findings necessary
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 71— Review of death sentence; remand; reversal; affirmation