18 USC 3661 - Sec. 3661. Use of information for sentencing




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No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted of an offense which a court of the United States may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.


Short Title Of 1990 Amendment

Pub. L. 101-421, Sec. 1, Oct. 12, 1990, 104 Stat. 909, provided that: "This Act [amending provisions set out as a note under section 3672 of this title] may be cited as the 'Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1989'." SHORT TITLE OF 1986 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 99-570, title I, Sec. 1861(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-53, provided that: "This section [amending sections 3672 and 4255 of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3672 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 4255 of this title] may be cited as the 'Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986'."