Bill Text: MA H1318 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibit the adjournment of a trial exceeding twenty days against the objection of a committed defendant
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/27 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room B1 [H1318 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1318-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Katherine Clark and Patricia D. Jehlen
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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 Pre-Trial Detention.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Katherine Clark |
32nd Middlesex |
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Ms. Jehlen |
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James V. DiPaola |
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Christopher G. Fallon |
33rd Middlesex |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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William G. Greene, Jr. |
22nd Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Pre-Trial Detention.
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. Section 35 of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the word “thirty” and inserting in place thereof the following figure: “twenty”.
