Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 62 (2026)

Crime committed in commonwealth resulting in death outside commonwealth; venue

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Section 62. If a mortal wound is given, or if other violence or injury is inflicted, or if poison is administered, in any county of the commonwealth, by means whereof death ensues without the commonwealth, the homicide may be prosecuted and punished in the county where the act was committed.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1990–2018 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Travis, 556 N.E.2d 378 (Mass. 1990).

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Commonwealth v. Travis, 556 N.E.2d 378 (Mass. 1990). · cites it 11× “3 This petition was granted, and, pursuant to G. L. c. 277, § 62, the Bristol County Superior Court exercised jurisdiction over the case.”

Jaynes v. Mitchell, 824 F.3d 187 (1st Cir. 2016). “Nor did the ALOFAR assert even a state-law claim functionally identical to one under the federal Constitution, or cite state court decisions resting on federal law. Rather, the ALOFAR framed the issue as whether kidnapping by inveigling constituted the “inflict[ionj” of…”

Commonwealth v. Jaynes, 770 N.E.2d 483 (Mass. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “Under G. L. c. 277, § 62, the Commonwealth has jurisdiction to prosecute a defendant for murder, even in cases in which the victim’s death occurs outside the Commonwealth, when the violence or injury leading to the victim’s death is begun in the Commonwealth.”

Commonwealth v. Combs, 100 N.E.3d 730 (Mass. 2018). “15 The judge read to the jury the language of G. L. c. 277, § 62, which confers on the Commonwealth jurisdiction to hear certain cases of homicide where it is uncertain whether the homicide occurred within Massachusetts.”

Commonwealth v. Armstrong, 897 N.E.2d 105 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). “277, § 61 (if mortal wound given, other violence or injury inflicted, or poison administered on high seas or on land within or without Commonwealth, but death occurs within Massachusetts, homicide may be prosecuted in Massachusetts); G. L. c. 277, § 62 (if mortal wound given,…”

Commonwealth v. Lent, 652 N.E.2d 140 (Mass. 1995). · cites it 2× “2 More specifically, Lent asserts that, if the death occurred in another State, G. L. c. 277, § 62 (1994 ed.), authorizes murder charges based on action that occurred in Massachusetts, only if the death was proximately caused by action occurring within Massachusetts, and that…”

Commonwealth v. Mumford, 25 Mass. L. Rptr. 462 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2008). “764, 767, 769-70 (1995) (applying G.L.c. 277, §62, which provides, in context of murder, that “jurisdiction may exist here if a death ensued elsewhere because of non-mortal violence or injury inflicted in Massachusetts” and holding that Massachusetts had jurisdiction because,…”

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