Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263 § 8
Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
If a person has been acquitted by reason of a variance between the indictment or complaint and the proof, or by reason of a defect of form or substance in the indictment or complaint, he may be again arraigned, tried and convicted for the same crime on a new indictment or complaint, notwithstanding such former acquittal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, § 8