Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279 § 11

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 279:11 - Punishment by imprisonment only or by fine only when law prescribes both

Whoever is convicted of a crime, punishable by fine and imprisonment either in the jail or house of correction, except a person convicted under section thirty G of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, may at the discretion of the court, be sentenced to be punished by imprisonment only, or by a fine only, if he shows to the satisfaction of the court that he has not before been convicted of a similar crime.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 11