Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212 § 7

Current through Chapter 122 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 212:7 - Indictments; transmittal

The clerk of the courts for the county in which an indictment for a capital crime has been entered, or, in the county of Suffolk, the clerk of the superior court for criminal business, shall forthwith send notice thereof, with a copy of the indictment, to the chief or first justice of the court and to the attorney general. An indictment for a felony offense shall be accompanied by the offense-based tracking number and fingerprint-based state identification number of the defendant when the corresponding charges result from an arrest. Any justice of said court may thereupon appoint a time for the arraignment of the prisoner, which shall take place either at a regular sitting or on a day specially assigned therefor.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 7

Amended by Acts 2018, c. 69,§ 108, eff. 7/1/2019.