Dear Subscriber:
Thank you for subscribing to annual updates to the
Massachusetts Criminal Law Sourcebook & Citator
. This 2024 revised edition brings together statutes, rules, commentary, and annotations for your fast and efficient reference. The following are just a few of the many updates in the new edition:
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Part 1—Selected Statutes. Find amendments to G.L. c. 90, including new definitions, along with new notes on topics such as "no exception to consent requirement" and "Alcotest; presumption of misconduct."
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Part 2—Crimes, Punishments, and Proceedings. Find new notes pertaining to "denial of requirement to waive jury trial," "mandatory life sentence," "sudden oral revelation of infidelity," and "identity of victim not element of offense."
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Part 3—Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure. Find amendments and new notes pertaining to Rule 10 (Continuance).
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Part 8—Probation and Probation Revocation Hearings. Find new material on admission of suppressed evidence in probation hearings and nonapplication of the exclusionary rule to probation violation proceedings.
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Part 11—Alphabetical References to Evidence. See new entries under "admission by silence," "the doctrine of completeness," "gang affiliation," "joint venture," "package pleas," "evidence of prior corporal punishment," and more.
We at MCLE trust that you will find this fresh material useful in your practice and in your criminal law library.
Cordially,
MCLE Press