Massachusetts Statutes
§ 8 — Acquittal on defective pleadings; subsequent indictment
Massachusetts § 8
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Ch. 263RIGHTS OF PERSONS ACCUSED OF CRIME
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, § 8 (2026).
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Section 8. If a person has been acquitted by reason of a variance between the indictment or complaint and the proof, or by reason of a defect of form or substance in the indictment or complaint, he may be again arraigned, tried and convicted for the same crime on a new indictment or complaint, notwithstanding such former acquittal.
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