Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218 § 27
Current through Chapter 244 of the 2024 Legislative Session
The district court may impose the same penalties as the superior court for all crimes of which they have jurisdiction, except that they may not impose a sentence to the state prison; provided, however, that the divisions of the juvenile court department shall have the authority to hear cases and impose penalties in accordance with the provisions of sections fifty-two through eighty-four of chapter one hundred and nineteen, and section one through nineteen of chapter one hundred and twenty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 27