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Regulations & Codified CSA > USC > Subchapter I, Part D > Section 850

Title 21 United States Code (USC)
Controlled Substances Act


Section 850. Information for sentencing

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter or section 242a(a) 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 of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 91-513, Title II, Section 410, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1269.)

 

EDITORIAL NOTES

References in Text. Subchapter II of this chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "title III", meaning Title III of Pub. L. 91-513, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1285. Part A of Title III comprises subchapter II of this chapter. For classification of Part B, consisting of sections 1101 to 1105 of Title III, see U.S.C.A. Tables volume.

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