Bill Text: MA S1694 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to victims rights
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means [S1694 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1694-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan C. Fargo
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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 relative to victims rights.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
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Gerry Leone, Middlesex District Attorney |
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Denise Provost |
27th Middlesex |
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
20th Middlesex |
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Harriette L. Chandler |
First Worcester |
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Tom Sannicandro |
7th Middlesex |
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Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
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Colleen M. Garry |
36th Middlesex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to victims rights.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 228 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 14 the following section:-
Section 15. The death of a criminal defendant who is convicted of a criminal offense shall automatically terminate the right to appeal or any appeal pending of such conviction, and where such conviction has not been previously vacated or reversed by an order or decision of a court, the judgment of conviction shall stand.
This section shall not preclude the attorney general or district attorney from commencing an action to vacate the conviction judgment against a deceased defendant in the interest of justice.
