2017 Massachusetts General Laws
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
TITLE IV CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
Chapter 258B RIGHTS OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF CRIME
Section 13 Failure to provide rights, privileges, or notice to victim; no grounds for appeal of or objection to conviction

Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 258B § 13 (2017)

Section 13. A defendant or person convicted of a criminal or delinquency offense against the victim shall have no standing to object to any failure to comply with this chapter, and the failure to provide a right, privilege or notice to a victim under this chapter shall not be grounds for the defendant or person convicted of a criminal or delinquency offense to seek to have the conviction or sentence set aside.

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