Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 1A (2026)

Completion of investigations by grand juries; notice; order

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Section 1A. Upon a written notice by the attorney general or any district attorney made to any justice of the superior court that public necessity requires further time by a grand jury to complete an investigation then in progress, the court may order such grand jury to continue to serve until said investigation has been completed and shall take up no new matter.

This section shall not be construed to prevent the issuance of writs of venire facias authorized by section one for impanelling a grand jury whose duty shall include all business not then before the grand jury continued under authorization of this section.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1984–2013 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Westerman, 611 N.E.2d 215 (Mass. 1993).

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Commonwealth v. Westerman, 611 N.E.2d 215 (Mass. 1993). · cites it 6× “Finally, Westerman claims that his indictment by a second grand jury violated G.L.c. 277, § 1A (1990 ed.), because the second grand jury considered matters that were still pending before a prior, extended grand jury.”

Ventresco v. Commonwealth, 565 N.E.2d 404 (Mass. 1991). · cites it 3× “The court ordered the extension pursuant to G. L. c. 277, § 1A. Ventresco contends that G.”

Commonwealth v. Leavitt, 460 N.E.2d 1060 (Mass. App. Ct. 1984). · cites it 2× “344, § 29, was extended, upon application of the Attorney General, pursuant to G.L.c. 277, § 1A, inserted by St. 1952, c.”

Commonwealth v. Campiti, 668 N.E.2d 1308 (Mass. App. Ct. 1996). “G. L. c. 277, § 1A, inserted by St. 1952, c.”

Commonwealth v. Hunt, 999 N.E.2d 1104 (Mass. App. Ct. 2013). “The Commonwealth declined to avail itself of the procedure outlined in G. L. c. 277, § 1A, inserted by St. 1952, c.”

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