Bill Text: MA H3516 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced

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Bill Title: The penalty for failure to testify in gang related cases

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 [H3516 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3516-Introduced.html

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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.”