Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A § 2

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 278A:2 - Conditions for filing motion for forensic or scientific analysis

A person may file a motion for forensic or scientific analysis under this chapter if that person:

(1) has been convicted of a criminal offense in a court of the commonwealth;

(2) is incarcerated in a state prison, house of correction, is on parole or probation or whose liberty has been otherwise restrained as the result of a conviction; and

(3) asserts factual innocence of the crime for which the person has been convicted.

This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the performance of forensic or scientific analysis under any other circumstances, including by agreement between the person convicted of a criminal offense and the prosecuting attorney.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, § 2

Added by Acts 2012, c. 38,§ 1, eff. 5/17/2012.