HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2170 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1212
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Antonio F. D. Cabral
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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 to ensure testimony in gang related cases.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Antonio F. D. Cabral | 13th Bristol | 1/15/2015 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2170 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1212
By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1212) of Antonio F. D. Cabral relative to the penalty for failure to testify in gang-related cases. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1234 OF 2013-2014.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act to ensure testimony in gang related cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 233, section 5 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 official edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
“Where the defendant is accused of a violent crime as defined in section 121 of chapter 140 that is a result of gang-related activity, the punishment for such failure to attend shall be by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.”