Chapter 279 - JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION

Section 279:1 - Suspension of execution; payment of fine; probation; revocation of suspension; exceptions
Section 279:1A - Suspension of execution of sentence; probation; child support payments
Section 279:1B - Funds collection and disbursement; single point for clerk-magistrate and probation offices
Section 279:2 - Suspension of execution of orders of commitment to Massachusetts reformatory, etc.
Section 279:3 - Arrest without warrant of person on probation; warrant for arrest of persons already imprisoned; application for disposition
Section 279:3A - Motion of district attorney for sentence
Section 279:4 - Imposition of sentence; stay of execution
Section 279:4B - Notice to victim of sentencing proceedings; oral or written statements
Section 279:5 - Sentence if no punishment is provided by statute
Section 279:6 - Sentence to jail or house of correction
Section 279:6A - Special sentence of imprisonment; eligible offenders; revocation or rescission of special sentence; subsequent crimes
Section 279:6B - Consideration of defendant's status as primary caretaker of dependent child in imposing sentence
Section 279:7 - Sentence to jail or house of correction for non-payment of fine
Section 279:8 - Commitments upon two or more sentences
Section 279:8A - Determination of time of taking effect of sentence; "from and after" sentence
Section 279:8B - Commission of crime while released on personal recognizance; consecutive sentences
Section 279:9 - Second sentence for non-payment of fine
Section 279:10 - Conditional sentence
Section 279:11 - Punishment by imprisonment only or by fine only when law prescribes both
Section 279:12 - Recognizance of husband convicted of assault upon wife
Section 279:13 - Recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behavior
Section 279:14 - Recognizance; filing; proceedings on breach of condition
Section 279:15 - Sentence to jail or house of correction in any county
Section 279:16 - Sentencing of female to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham
Section 279:19 - Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony
Section 279:20 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment of females sentenced to confinement at hard labor
Section 279:23 - Limitation of sentences of males to jails or houses of correction
Section 279:24 - Indeterminate sentence to state prison; sentence for offenders aged 14 through 17
Section 279:25 - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Punishment of habitual criminals
Section 279:25 - [Effective 10/23/2024] Punishment of habitual criminals
Section 279:26 - Further sentence of convict in state prison
Section 279:27 - Immediate execution of sentence to state prison of convict sentenced to jail or house of correction
Section 279:30 - Vacation of office from time of sentence to state prison
Section 279:33A - Credit for days of confinement awaiting and during trial
Section 279:34 - Delivery to sheriff of certified transcript from minutes of court of conviction and sentence; execution of sentence
Section 279:35 - Transmission of complaint or indictment to correctional institution
Section 279:36 - Sentences to state farm
Section 279:37 - Setting out statutory name of crime in warrant for commitment
Section 279:38 - Powers of sheriff or constable in execution of warrant of commitment
Section 279:39 - Return of precept to magistrate
Section 279:40 - Service of new warrant of commitment upon convict
Section 279:41 - Default of corporation
Section 279:42 - Warrant of distress to compel corporation to pay penalty or assessment
Section 279:57 - Warrant of conviction and sentence of death
Section 279:58 - Confinement of prisoners under death sentence; psychiatric examinations; transfer to general prison population; court order
Section 279:59 - Time of execution of sentence of death
Section 279:60 - Infliction of death penalty
Section 279:61 - Sentencing of insane persons or pregnant women
Section 279:62 - Respite of execution where convict under sentence of death has become insane or pregnant
Section 279:63 - Respite for opportunity to investigate and consider case for pardon
Section 279:64 - Stay of execution of sentence of death
Section 279:65 - Witnesses of execution of sentence of death
Section 279:66 - Post mortem examination
Section 279:67 - Return of warrant
Section 279:68 - Presentence hearing in cases in which death penalty may be imposed; evidence considered; instructions; verdict; sentence; mistrial
Section 279:69 - Aggravating and mitigating circumstances in cases in which death penalty may be authorized
Section 279:70 - Necessity of jury findings to impose sentence of death
Section 279:71 - Review of sentence of death