Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, § 1 (2026)

Application of chapter to particular counties

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Section 1. This chapter shall apply in every county in the commonwealth which has been designated as a participating county as hereinafter provided. Middlesex county shall be a participating county as of the effective date of this chapter. The supreme judicial court shall designate such further participating counties and the dates on which the various sections of this chapter shall become applicable within such participating counties. The supreme judicial court shall make such designations in a manner that will expand the application of this chapter to all counties in an orderly, prudent, and expeditious manner.

Whenever any section of this chapter shall become applicable within a participating county, all provisions of law which are inconsistent with such section shall cease to be effective within such participating county. Hereinafter in this chapter, the word ''county'' shall mean ''participating county'' unless specifically stated otherwise.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1979–2008 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Soares, 387 N.E.2d 499 (Mass. 1979).

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Commonwealth v. Soares, 387 N.E.2d 499 (Mass. 1979). · cites it 4× “" [13] This concept has been recognized by our Legislature most recently by G.L.c. 234A, § 1, inserted by St. 1977, c.”

Commonwealth v. Sheehy, 588 N.E.2d 10 (Mass. 1992). · cites it 4× “See G.L.c. 234A, § 1. The Smith trial took place in August, 1985, in Norfolk County; c.”

Commonwealth v. Aponte, 462 N.E.2d 284 (Mass. 1984). · cites it 3× “13, citing G. L. c. 234A, § 1; 482 & n.21, citing G.”

Commonwealth v. Nicoll, 897 N.E.2d 1226 (Mass. 2008). “See G. L. c. 234A, § 1 (in participating counties, provisions of law inconsistent with G.”

Commonwealth v. Tolentino, 663 N.E.2d 846 (Mass. 1996). “G. L. c. 234A, § 1. See Commonwealth v. Aponte, 391 Mass.”

Commonwealth v. McCarthy, 637 N.E.2d 248 (Mass. App. Ct. 1994). “The defendant was not entitled to a hearing before the alternate juror was substituted because his trial was conducted in a county designated as a “participating county” under G.”

In the Matter of Dugan, 635 N.E.2d 246 (Mass. 1994). “See G. L. c. 234A, §§ 1, 39 (1992 ed.). In any event, that function is not exclusively a judicial one.”

Commonwealth v. Ptomey, 529 N.E.2d 400 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). “See G. L. c. 234A, § 1. Section 74 of G. L. c.”

Commonwealth v. Taylor, 604 N.E.2d 40 (Mass. App. Ct. 1992). “491, 495 (1988); G. L. c. 234A, § 1, and not, as the defendant claims, by G L.”

Commonwealth v. Bartie, 503 N.E.2d 672 (Mass. App. Ct. 1987). “See G. L. c. 234A, § 1, authorizing such designations by the Supreme Judicial Court.”

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