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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 232— MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS · § 3661

§ 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.
(Added Pub. L. 91–452, title X, § 1001(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 951, § 3577; renumbered § 3661, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)
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  • Pub. L. 91–452, title X, § 1001(a)
  • 84 Stat. 951
  • Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1)
  • 98 Stat. 1987
  • Pub. L. 101–421, § 1
  • 104 Stat. 909
  • Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1861(a)
  • 100 Stat. 3207–53
  • section 4255 of this title
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 91–452, title X, § 1001(a)
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