18 U.S.C. § 3661
Use of information for sentencing
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,087
cases (149 in the last 5 years), 1986–2026 · leading case: United States v. Booker
United States v. Booker (2004)
“That is why it specifically inserted into the Act the provision cited above, which (recodifying prior law) says that "[n]o 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 v. Watts (1997)
“Because the panels' holdings conflict with the clear implications of 18 U. S. C. § 3661 , the Sentencing Guidelines, and this Court's decisions, particularly Witte v.”
United States v. Cavera (2008)
“In reviewing sentences for reasonableness, we are, of course, bound by 18 U.S.C. § 3661 . (stating that "[n]o limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background, character, and *191 conduct of a person convicted of an offense which a court of the United…”
United States v. Collins Christensen (2013)
“” 18 U.S.C. § 3661 . The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, moreover, provide that the presentence report must contain “information that assesses any financial, social, psychological, and medical impact on any victim.”
United States v. Robert William Jones, United States of America v. Donald Eugene Johnson (1990)
“18 U.S.C. § 3661 provides: 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.”
United States v. Broxmeyer (2012)
“18 U.S.C. § 3661 ; see United States v. Cavera, 550 F.”
United States v. Vigil (2007)
“Watts with 18 U.S.C. § 3661 : “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.”
United States v. Magallanez (2005)
“Significantly, the Court held that the lower court decisions conflicted not only with the Sentencing Guidelines, but with “the clear implications of 18 U.S.C. § 3661 .” Id. 18 U.S.C. § 3661 provides: No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background,…”
United States v. Gallant (2008)
“Therefore, the district court is free to order an evidentiary hearing on remand, should the facts warrant such a hearing under 18 U.S.C. § 3661 , [28] Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(i)(2), [29] and/or *1247 § 6A1.”
United States v. Hill (2011)
“1985) (citing 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (originally enacted as 18 U.”
United States v. Gregorio Gonzalez-Longoria (2016)
“1229 , 1240 (2011) (discussing 18 U.S.C. § 3661 ). 5 Kimbrough v. United States, 552 U.”
United States v. Aragon (2019)
“”); see also 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (“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.”
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