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2009 Massachusetts Code
PART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
TITLE II PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
CHAPTER 277 INDICTMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
Section 53 District attorneys; authority and duty as to transferred cases

Section 53. If a case is transferred for plea or trial and sentence pursuant to the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure, the district attorney for the county to which the case is transferred or the district attorney for the county from which the case is transferred shall have the same authority and duty in the case as if it had not been transferred, depending upon which of the district attorneys is to try the case.

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