Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 27A (2026)
Kidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; venue
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Section 27A. A crime described in section twenty-six A may be tried in the county where committed or in a county in or to which the person so taken or enticed is held, carried to, or brought.
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case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Meuse v. Commonwealth, 769 N.E.2d 271 (Mass. 2002).
Meuse v. Commonwealth, 769 N.E.2d 271 (Mass. 2002). “” He contends that he may not be forced to stand trial because he did not commit a crime in Massachusetts or in Florida; and that G. L. c. 265, § 27A, “presumes that the counties referred to in the statute are Massachusetts counties or the statute is overbroad and facially vague.”
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