Massachusetts § 20G Prosecution pending in commonwealth

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 20G — Prosecution pending in commonwealth

Massachusetts § 20G

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 276SEARCH WARRANTS, REWARDS, FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, ARREST, EXAMINATION, COMMITMENT AND BAIL. PROBATION OFFICERS AND BOARD OF PROBATION

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 20G (2026).

Text

Section 20G. If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this commonwealth and is still pending, the governor, in his discretion, may either surrender him on the demand of the executive authority of another state, or hold him until the final disposition of such prosecution or, if convicted and sentenced, until his discharge from imprisonment.

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