Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 4 (2026)

Inducing person under eighteen to have sexual intercourse

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Section 4. Whoever induces any person under 18 years of age of chaste life to have unlawful sexual intercourse shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1974–2019 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Smith, 728 N.E.2d 272 (Mass. 2000).

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Commonwealth v. Smith, 728 N.E.2d 272 (Mass. 2000). · cites it 4× “This same legislation rewrote G. L. c. 272, § 4, which criminalizes ‘inducting] any person under 18 years of age of chaste life to have unlawful sexual intercourse,” to revise the penalty provisions, but did not similarly expand the scope of this offense to include “unnatural…”

United States v. Jorge Rodriguez, 711 F.3d 541 (5th Cir. 2013). “17-A, § 253 ("gross sexual assault”); Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 4 (“inducing person under eighteen to have sexual intercourse”); Miss.”

United States v. Rios-Rivera, 913 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 2019). “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 4 . Rhode Island penalizes conduct analogous to Ríos's conduct more harshly than Massachusetts does.”

Commonwealth v. Foley, 506 N.E.2d 1160 (Mass. App. Ct. 1987). “” G. L. c. 272, §4. The proof put in to support the charge was that the defendant offered a fourteen year old boy five dollars to engage in fellatio, and that the offer was rejected.”

Commonwealth v. Matos, 941 N.E.2d 645 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). “272, § 2 (crime to “entice[] or take[] away a person from the house of his parent or guardian or elsewhere, for the purpose of prostitution or for the purpose of unlawful sexual intercourse”); G. L. c. 272, § 4 (crime to induce “any person under 18 years of age of chaste life to…”

Commonwealth v. Montalvo, 735 N.E.2d 391 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “, from a person sixty or older; G. L. c. 272, § 4, inducing a person under eighteen of chaste life to have unlawful sexual intercourse; and G.”

Amado v. Supt., Mass. Corr. Inst. at Walpole, 314 N.E.2d 432 (Mass. 1974). “Merely because the Legislature permits the award of good conduct credit to persons convicted of, for example, inducing a person under eighteen to engage in sexual intercourse, G.”

Amado v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Corr. Inst., 314 N.E.2d 432 (Mass. 1974). “Merely because the Legislature permits the award of good conduct credit to persons convicted of, for example, inducing a person under eighteen to engage in sexual intercourse, G.”

Commonwealth v. Halstrom, 996 N.E.2d 892 (Mass. App. Ct. 2013). “In G. L. c. 272, § 4, as amended by St. 1998, c.”

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