An Act relative to the preservation of certain appellate rights

This bill modifies Massachusetts criminal procedure by allowing defendants to preserve legal objections for appeal through a written motion in limine, even if they do not verbally repeat the objection during the trial. The law requires that a judge must explicitly state that an issue must be raised again at trial for it to be considered on the record, otherwise the written motion alone is sufficient. This change directly affects criminal defendants and attorneys by streamlining how they protect their right to appeal specific rulings without needing to restate every point orally in court.