Section 8 – Commitments Upon Two or More Sentences
Section 8. A convict upon whom two or more sentences to imprisonment are imposed may be fully committed upon all such sentences at the same time, and shall serve them in the order named in the mittimuses upon which he is committed; but when fine and imprisonment are named in one of the sentences the […]
Section 8a – Determination of Time of Taking Effect of Sentence; ''from and After'' Sentence
Section 8A. For the purpose only of determining the time of the taking effect of a sentence which is ordered to take effect from and after the expiration of a previous sentence, such previous sentence shall be deemed to have expired when a prisoner serving such previous sentence shall have been released therefrom by parole […]
Section 8b – Commission of Crime While Released on Personal Recognizance; Consecutive Sentence
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.
Section 9 – Second Sentence for Non-Payment of Fine
Section 9. Except as provided in section one hundred and forty-six of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, if a convict is sentenced to pay a fine in more than one case and has been committed to a jail, house of correction or other prison or other correctional institution for refusing to pay such fine, the […]
Section 10 – Conditional Sentence
Section 10. If a person has been convicted of a crime punishable, at the discretion of the court, by fine or imprisonment in the jail or house of correction or by fine or imprisonment in the state prison, the court may impose upon him a conditional sentence, and order him to pay a fine within […]
Section 11 – Punishment by Imprisonment Only or by Fine Only When Law Prescribes Both
Section 11. Whoever is convicted of a crime, punishable by fine and imprisonment either in the jail or house of correction, except a person convicted under section thirty G of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, may at the discretion of the court, be sentenced to be punished by imprisonment only, or by a fine only, […]
Section 12 – Recognizance of Husband Convicted of Assault Upon Wife
Section 12. Except as provided in section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred and eighteen and in section twenty of chapter two hundred and nineteen, if a husband is convicted of an assault upon his wife, the court may, in addition to the other penalties imposed, or in lieu thereof, order him to recognize with surety […]
Section 13 – Recognizance to Keep the Peace or to Be of Good Behavior
Section 13. Except as provided in section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred and eighteen and in section twenty of chapter two hundred and nineteen, whoever is convicted of a misdemeanor may, in addition to the punishment prescribed by law, be required to recognize, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum to keep the peace, or […]
Section 14 – Recognizance; Filing; Proceedings on Breach of Condition
Section 14. Such recognizance shall be filed of record in the superior court for the county, and, upon a breach of the condition thereof, the proceedings shall be as provided in chapter two hundred and seventy-five relative to recognizances to keep the peace and be of good behavior.
Section 15 – Sentence to Jail or House of Correction in Any County
Section 15. Whoever is convicted of a crime, punishable by imprisonment in the jail or house of correction, may be sentenced to a jail or house of correction of any county, and the master or keeper shall receive and detain him in the same manner as if he had been sentenced by a court sitting […]