15 §2121. Definitions
Title 15: COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL
Part 4: JUDGMENT AND PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 305-A: POST-CONVICTION REVIEW
§2121. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings. [1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW).]
1. Criminal judgment. "Criminal judgment" means a judgment of conviction of a crime, the orders of adjudication and disposition in a juvenile case and a judgment of not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.
[ 1995, c. 286, §2 (AMD) .]
1-A. Assigned justice. "Assigned justice" means the Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the Justice or Active Retired Justice of the Superior Court or the judge authorized to sit in the Superior Court on post-conviction review cases who is assigned the post-conviction review proceeding when a special assignment has been made. It means any justice, active retired justice or authorized judge attending to the regular criminal calendar when the post-conviction review proceeding is assigned to the regular criminal calendar.
[ 2003, c. 29, §1 (AMD) .]
2. Post-sentencing proceeding. "Post-sentencing proceeding" means a court proceeding or administrative action occurring during the course of and pursuant to the operation of a sentence that affects whether there is incarceration or its length, including revocation of parole, failure to grant parole, an error of law in the computation of a sentence and default in payment of a fine or restitution. It does not include administrative disciplinary proceedings resulting in a withdrawal of good-time deductions, revocation of probation, cancellation of supervised community confinement or aftercare status of a juvenile or proceedings before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Judicial Court.
[ 1997, c. 464, §1 (AMD) .]
3. Sentence. "Sentence" means the punishment imposed in a criminal proceeding or the disposition imposed in a juvenile proceeding.
[ 1983, c. 235, §2 (RPR) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1979, c. 701, §15 (NEW). 1981, c. 238, §1 (AMD). 1983, c. 235, §§1,2 (AMD). 1985, c. 209, §1 (AMD). 1985, c. 556, §1 (AMD). 1995, c. 286, §2 (AMD). 1997, c. 464, §1 (AMD). 2003, c. 29, §1 (AMD).