Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 12 (2026)
Discretionary authority to divert offender not limited by this chapter or Chapter 276B
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Section 12. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 276B shall limit or govern the authority of a district attorney or a police department to divert an offender or to require a district attorney or police department to accept an offender into a program that they operate.
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Cited in 1
case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Newberry, 483 Mass. 186 (2019).
Commonwealth v. Newberry, 483 Mass. 186 (2019). “See G. L. c. 276A, § 12, inserted by St. 2018, c.”
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