Amendment ID: S2887-5

Amendment 5

Juvenile Criminal Charges

Messrs. Fattman and O'Connor move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section X the following section:-

“SECTION X. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a youthful offender, as defined by section 52 chapter 19 of the General Laws, who is charged with being an accessory to first or second degree murder, as defined by section 4 of chapter 274, may be tried as an adult."