SENATE DOCKET, NO. 335        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 652

 

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


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 335        FILED ON: 1/15/2013

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 652

By Ms. Clark, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 652) of Katherine M. Clark 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 SENATE, NO. 683 OF 2011-2012.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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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 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the word “thirty” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- “twenty”.