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Chapter 265

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265

Crimes Against the Person

1Murder defined 2Punishment for murder; parole; executive clemency 3Duel; wound without and death within state; venue 4Accessory in duel 5Duel; conviction or acquittal in foreign state; effect 9Prize fighting; engaging 10Prize fight; aiding or promoting; penalty 11Prize fight; appointment within and fight without state; penalty 12Boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sporting matches or sparring exhibitions; penalty 13Manslaughter; punishment; business organization as defendant 13AAssault or assault and battery; punishment 13BIndecent assault and battery on child under age of 14; penalties 13CAssault and battery to collect loan; penalty 13DAssault and battery upon public employees; attempt to disarm police officer; assault and battery upon a police officer; penalties 13FIndecent assault and battery on a person with an intellectual disability; assault and battery 13GCommission of a felony for hire; additional punishment 13HIndecent assault and battery on person fourteen or older; penalties 13IAssault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider 13JAssault and battery upon a child; penalties 13KAssault and battery upon an elderly person or a person with a disability; definitions; penalties 13LWanton or reckless behavior creating a risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse to a child; duty to act; penalty 13MAssault or assault and battery on a family or household member; second or subsequent offense; penalty 13NTransmission of conviction information for misdemeanor offense having as element the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of deadly weapon where victim or intended victim was family or household member to department of criminal justice information services 13B1/2Commission of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 during commission of certain offenses or by mandated reporters; penalties 13B3/4Commission of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 by certain previously convicted offenders; penalties 13D1/2Firefighters, injuries resulting from criminal offenses; penalty 13H1/2Indecent assault and battery committed by law enforcement officers on certain vulnerable persons in their custody 13H3/4Indecent assault or battery on patient or client by health care provider or clergy 14Mayhem; punishment 15Assault; intent to murder or maim; penalty 15AAssault and battery with dangerous weapon; victim sixty or older; punishment; subsequent offenses 15BAssault with dangerous weapon; victim sixty or older; punishment; subsequent offenses 15CAssault by means of hypodermic syringe or needle; assault and battery by means of hypodermic syringe or needle 15DStrangulation or suffocation; penalty; aggravating factors; batterer's intervention program 15EAssault and battery by discharge of firearm; penalty 15FAttempt to commit assault and battery by discharge of firearm; penalty 16Attempt to murder 17Armed robbery; punishment 18Assault with intent to rob or murder; weapons; punishment; victim sixty years or older; minimum sentence for repeat offenders 18ADangerous weapon; assault in dwelling house; punishment 18BUse of firearms while committing a felony; second or subsequent offenses; punishment 18CEntry of dwelling place; persons present within; weapons; punishment 19Robbery by unarmed person; punishment; victim sixty or older; minimum sentence for repeat offenders 20Simple assault; intent to rob or steal; punishment 21Stealing by confining or putting in fear 21AAssault, confinement, etc. of person for purpose of stealing motor vehicle; weapons; punishment 22Rape, generally; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furlough, education, training or employment programs; offenses committed by law enforcement officer against person in his or her custody 22ARape of child; punishment 22BRape of a child during commission of certain offenses or by use of force; penalties 22CRape of a child through use of force by certain previously convicted offenders; penalties 22DFalse representation by health care provider or clergy to induce patient or client to engage in sexual intercourse 23Rape and abuse of child 23ARape and abuse of child aggravated by age difference between defendant and victim or by when committed by mandated reporters; penalties 23BRape and abuse of child by certain previously convicted offenders; penalties 24Assault with intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment; eligibility for furloughs, education, training or employment programs 24AVenue 24BAssault of child; intent to commit rape; weapons; punishment 24CVictim's name; confidentiality 25Attempted extortion; punishment 26Kidnapping; weapons; child under age 16; punishment 26AKidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; punishment 26BDrugging persons for kidnapping 26CDefinition of ''entice''; enticement of child under age 16; punishment 26DEnticement of child under age 18 to engage in prostitution, human trafficking or commercial sexual activity 27Kidnapping; venue 27AKidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; venue 28Poison; use with intent to injure; punishment 29Assault; intent to commit felony; punishment 30Gross negligence; persons having care of common carrier; penalty 32Glass; throwing in public streets and beaches; penalty 34Tattooing body of person by other than qualified physician; punishment 35Throwing or dropping objects onto public way; punishment 36Throwing or dropping objects at sporting events; punishment 37Violations of constitutional rights; punishment 39Assault or battery for purpose of intimidation; weapons; punishment 40Causing serious bodily injury to participants in physical exercise training programs; punishment 41Sentence not imposing imprisonment; specific reasons in record 42Use of radios without earphones on public conveyances; punishment 43Stalking; punishment 43ACriminal harassment; punishment 44Coercion of child under eighteen into criminal conspiracy; penalties 45Community parole supervision for life following imprisonment, probation or treatment center sentence; covered offenses 46Taking from deceased victim's estate prohibited 47Global positioning system device to be worn by certain sex offender probationers 48Ice cream truck vending by sex offender prohibited 49Definitions applicable to Secs. 49 to 57 50Trafficking of persons for sexual servitude; trafficking of persons under 18 years for sexual servitude; trafficking by business entities; penalties; tort actions brought by victims 51Trafficking of persons for forced service; victims under 18 years; trafficking by business entities; penalties; tort actions brought by victims 52Subsequent violations of Sec. 50 or 51; penalties; evidence of prior adjudication or conviction 53Organ trafficking; victims under 18 years; penalties 54Transmittal of fines to state treasurer 55Forfeiture of funds used to facilitate violation of Sec. 50 or 51; victim restitution 56Property subject to forfeiture resulting from violations of Secs. 50 or 51; procedure; exceptions; records; preliminary orders for seizure; referral to office of seized property management; homestead exemptions; recording of certificate of fact of final judgment 57Victim of human trafficking as affirmative defense to charges of common night walking or common streetwalking 58Possession of deceptive firearm device during commission of violent crime; penalty 59Human trafficking victimization as affirmative defense to certain offenses; grounds to vacate conviction, adjudication of delinquency or continuance without finding and to withdraw guilty plea 60Female genital mutilation; definitions; penalties; defenses 131/2Punishment for manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle