The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Antonio F.D. Cabral
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to ensure testimony in gang related cases.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Antonio F.D. Cabral |
13th Bristol |
Robert M. Koczera |
11th Bristol |
John F. Quinn |
9th Bristol |
Stephen R. Canessa |
12th Bristol |
Mark C. Montigny |
Second Bristol and Plymouth |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to ensure testimony in gang related cases.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 233, section 5 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
“Where the defendant is accused of a violent crime as defined in section 121 of chapter 140 that is a result of gang-related activity, the punishment for such failure to attend shall be by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.”