SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1474        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 683

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Katherine M. Clark

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to pre-trial detention..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

Patricia D. Jehlen

 

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1474        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 683

By Ms. Clark, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 683) of Katherine M. Clark, Sal N. DiDomenico, Patricia D. Jehlen and Frank I. Smizik for legislation to prohibit the adjournment of a trial exceeding twenty days against the objection of a committed defendant.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1318 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to pre-trial detention..

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 35 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the word “thirty” and inserting in place thereof the following figure: “twenty”.