Massachusetts Statutes
§ 5 — Appeal briefs in criminal cases; payment of costs
Massachusetts § 5
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Ch. 280FINES AND FORFEITURES
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 5 (2026).
Text
Section 5. In a criminal case in which questions of law are carried to the supreme judicial court, the attorney general or district attorney may have necessary copies of the brief for the commonwealth printed, and the expense thereof shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses in the case.
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