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21 U.S.C. § 850 — Information for sentencing

submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-513 to r/title-21-FOOD-AND-DRUGS · 60 words · no verdicts yet

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This section generally places no limit on information a United States court may receive and consider about a convicted person’s background, character, and conduct when imposing a sentence.

Unless this subchapter or title 42, section 242a(a), provides otherwise, no limit may be placed on information about the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted of an offense that a United States court may receive and consider when imposing an appropriate sentence under this subchapter or subchapter II.
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Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter or section 242a(a) 1 of title 42, 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 under this subchapter or subchapter II.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 410, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1269.)

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  • 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-513 · 84 Stat. 1269

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