Chapter 278 - TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUDGMENT
- Section 278:1 - Trial list of criminal cases, adding cases to list
- Section 278:2 - Trial of issues of fact
- Section 278:4 - Oaths of jurors
- Section 278:5 - Affirmation of jurors
- Section 278:6A - Testimony concerning ownership in cases involving motor vehicle theft or fraudulent claims; preservation of testimony
- Section 278:7 - Burden to prove license or admission to practice as attorney at law
- Section 278:8 - Justification in libel cases
- Section 278:8A - Killing or injuring a person unlawfully in a dwelling; defense
- Section 278:9 - Proof of ownership of property
- Section 278:10 - Night time; definition
- Section 278:11 - Directed verdict; setting aside verdict, new trial or finding of guilty of included offense
- Section 278:11A - Habitual criminals; separate trial on issue of prior conviction
- Section 278:12 - Acquittal of part of crime and conviction of residue
- Section 278:14 - Liability for fees of person acquitted
- Section 278:15 - Discontinuance of prosecution under by-laws, ordinances, etc.
- Section 278:16 - Assignment of counsel for inmates of institutions for reformation of juvenile offenders
- Section 278:16A - Exclusion of public from trial for sex offenses involving minors under age of eighteen
- Section 278:16B - Exclusion of public from trial of criminal proceeding involving husband and wife
- Section 278:16C - Exclusion of public from trial involving crime of incest or rape
- Section 278:16D - Child witness testimony; videotaping or transmission by simultaneous electronic means in certain cases
- Section 278:16F - Expedited trials of sex crimes involving minor children as victims or witnesses; continuance; impact statement
- Section 278:18 - Pleas of not guilty, guilty or nolo contendere; requests for specific disposition; pretrial motions
- Section 278:23 - Certain acts or omissions by defendant not admissible against him in criminal trial
- Section 278:28 - Appeal to supreme judicial court
- Section 278:28A - Appellate division of superior court for review of sentences
- Section 278:28B - Right of appeal to appellate division; time limit; stay of execution of sentence; jurisdiction; review of judgment, etc.; disposition
- Section 278:28C - Amendment of judgment; resentencing or other disposition
- Section 278:28D 1/2 - Clerk of appellate division and assistant clerk salaries; designation and salary of clerical assistant in matters regarding business of appellate division
- Section 278:28E - Appeals by commonwealth
- Section 278:29B - Withdrawal of uncounseled guilty plea
- Section 278:29D - Conviction upon plea of guilty or nolo contendere; motion to vacate
- Section 278:33E - Capital cases; review by supreme judicial court
- Section 278:34 - Motions in arrest of judgment
- Section 278:35 - Trial of male and female prisoners