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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  3. Title II PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  4. Chapter 279 JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION
  5. Section 8B Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence

Section 8B

Section 8B: Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence

Section 8B. If a defendant on release subject to the provisions of section fifty-eight of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, commits a crime, the sentence imposed for such a crime shall run consecutively to the earlier sentence for the crime for which he was on release.