Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 119 (2026)

Hospital confinement as term of sentence

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MAmalegislature.gov (official) JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Section 119. Any prisoner placed in a hospital or medical facility under section one hundred and seventeen, one hundred and seventeen A or one hundred and eighteen shall, during his absence from prison or the jail or house of correction, be considered as in the custody of the officer having charge of the prison, jail or house of correction, and the time of confinement in said hospital or medical facility shall be considered as part of the term of sentence.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2022 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Reed, 306 N.E.2d 816 (Mass. 1974).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Commonwealth v. Reed, 306 N.E.2d 816 (Mass. 1974). · cites it 6× “The Commonwealth, on the other hand, relies on G.L.c. 127, § 119, as appearing in St. 1967, c.”

Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 729 N.E.2d 252 (Mass. 2000). “G. L. c. 127, § 119 (same for confinements in medical facilities); Commonwealth v.”

Commonwealth v. Boone, 477 N.E.2d 1026 (Mass. 1985). “Because of language in G. L. c. 127, § 119, as appearing in St. 1967, c.”

Commonwealth v. Clay, 837 N.E.2d 725 (Mass. App. Ct. 2005). “The court relied on G. L. c. 127, § 119, to hold that the prisoners could properly be convicted of escape.”

James Carver v. Carol a. Micl & Stephen Kennedy (Mass. Super. Ct. 2022). · cites it 2× “" See G.L. c. 127, § 119(a). The issue that remains for the Court's determination regarding whether the Commissioner acted arbitrarily or capriciously in finding that Carver did not meet the definition of "permanent incapacitation" under the Statute pertains to the second prong…”

— Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 119(a) — 1 case

James Carver v. Carol a. Micl & Stephen Kennedy (Mass. Super. Ct. 2022). “" See G.L. c. 127, § 119(a). The issue that remains for the Court's determination regarding whether the Commissioner acted arbitrarily or capriciously in finding that Carver did not meet the definition of "permanent incapacitation" under the Statute pertains to the second prong…”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.