Massachusetts § 8B Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 8B — Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentence

Massachusetts § 8B

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 279JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 8B (2026).

Text

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.

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