HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3526 FILED ON: 1/14/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1358
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James H. Fagan
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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 Certain Criminal Sentences.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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James H. Fagan
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3rd Bristol
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1400 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to
Certain Criminal Sentences.
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 279 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is h
ereby amended by inserting after section 4B the following section:—
Section 4C. The trial judge, in a district or superior court, upon his own motion or the written motion of a defendant filed within twenty-four months after the imposition of the sentence,
within twenty-four months after receipt by the trial court of a rescript issued upon affirmance of the judgment or dismissal of the appeal, or within twenty-four months after entry of any order or judgment of an appellate court denying review of, or havin
g the effect of upholding a judgment of conviction, may, upon such terms and conditions as he shall order, revise or revoke such sentence if it appears that justice may not have been done.
