Massachusetts Motion to Dismiss Counts of Indictment

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Upon motion of a defendant the court may dismiss an indictment in any of the following circumstances:


" When the names of the witnesses are not inserted at the foot of the indictment or information or endorsed thereon;

" When more than one offense is charged in a single count;

" When it does not describe a public offense;

" When it contains matter which, if true, would constitute a legal justification or excuse of the offense charged, or other bar to the prosecution;

" When the grand jury which filed the indictment had no legal authority to inquire into the offense charged because it was not within the jurisdiction of the grand jury or because the court was without jurisdiction of the offense charged; and

" When an improper person was permitted to be present during the session of the grand jury while the charge embraced in the indictment was under consideration.


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(1) All defenses available to a defendant by plea, other than not guilty, shall only be raised by a motion to dismiss or by a motion to grant appropriate relief. (2) A defense or objection which is capable of determination without trial of the general issue shall be raised before trial by motion.

Any person who is detained within the Commonwealth upon the unexecuted portion of a sentence imposed pursuant to a criminal proceeding is entitled to be tried upon any untried indictment or complaint pending against him in any court in this Commonwealth within the time prescribed by subdivision (b) of this rule.

Attorney Answer: There is no minimum time frame for which the Commonwealth has to indict your husband. The only requirement is that he be brought into Court every thirty days. Your husband's attorney can force the Commonwealth to show that they have probable cause for the charges.

The rule requires that the defendant make available to the Commonwealth's examiner, within 14 days of the examiner's appointment, three categories of information: (a) the defendant's mental-health records, broadly defined, that are possessed by defense counsel, (b) the defendant's medical records that are possessed by ...

The court must decide every pretrial motion before trial unless it finds good cause to defer a ruling. The court must not defer ruling on a pretrial motion if the deferral will adversely affect a party's right to appeal.

Rule 41(b)(2) provides for involuntary dismissal upon motion of the defendant on one of two grounds: (1) failure to comply with the rules or any order of the court; or (2) in an action tried without a jury, if, upon the facts and the law, the plaintiff has shown no right to relief.

Rule 12(b)(1) makes it clear that the defendant may tender a guilty plea, a nolo contendere plea, or, in District Court, an admission to sufficient facts, without entering into a plea agreement.

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections-When and How Presented-By Pleading or Motion-Motion for Judgment on Pleadings (a) When Presented. (1) After service upon him of any pleading requiring a responsive pleading, a party shall serve such responsive pleading within 20 days unless otherwise directed by order of the court.

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Massachusetts Motion to Dismiss Counts of Indictment