SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/21/2011 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 683 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Katherine M. Clark _______________ 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: An Act relative to pre-trial detention.. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Katherine M. Clark | Middlesex and Essex | Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex | Patricia D. Jehlen |
[District]
| Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/21/2011 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 683 By Ms. Clark, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 683) of Katherine M. Clark, Sal N. DiDomenico, Patricia D. Jehlen and Frank I. Smizik for legislation to prohibit the adjournment of a trial exceeding twenty days against the objection of a committed defendant. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 1318 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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”. |
