Massachusetts § 2 Trial of issues of fact

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 2 — Trial of issues of fact

Massachusetts § 2

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 278TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUDGMENT

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 2 (2026).

Text

Section 2. Issues of fact joined upon an indictment or complaint shall, in the superior court, be tried by a jury drawn and returned in the manner provided for the trial of issues of fact in civil causes, unless the person indicted or complained against elects to be tried by the court as provided by law.

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