Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 24A (2026)

Venue

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Section 24A. If, in connection with the alleged commission of a crime described in section thirteen B, 13B1/2, 13B3/4, thirteen F, thirteen H, twenty-two, twenty-two A, 22B, 22C, twenty-three, 23A, 23B, twenty-four or twenty-four B of this chapter or in section five of chapter two hundred and seventy-two, the person against whom said crime is alleged to have been committed has been conveyed from one county or judicial district into another, said crime may be alleged to have been committed, and may be prosecuted and punished, in the county or judicial district where committed or from which such person was so conveyed.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2007–2016 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Dineen, 872 N.E.2d 785 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007).

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Commonwealth v. Dineen, 872 N.E.2d 785 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 19× “This appeal involves a rape indictment returned under G. L. c. 265, § 24A, 1 which places venue for prosecution, and for punishment upon conviction, either in the county where a rape was committed or in the point of origin county, if the victim is conveyed from that origin…”

Commonwealth v. Armstrong, 897 N.E.2d 105 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “The effects doctrine does not save the jurisdictional defect in this case with respect to the first two rape indictments.”

Commonwealth v. Thompson, 89 Mass. App. Ct. 456 (Mass. App. Ct. 2016). “245, 253-254 (2008) (interpreting G. L. c. 265, § 24A, which “conveys dual venue for trial of a crime in which a victim is transported within Massachusetts from one county to another in order to commit the crime”).”

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