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PEPPER v. U.S.

No. 09-6822.

131 S.Ct. 1229 (2011)

562 U.S. 476

Jason PEPPER, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Parrish , appointed by the Court, for Petitioner.

Roy W. McLeese, III , for respondent supporting the petititioner.

Adam G. Ciongoli , for amicus curiae, appointed by this Court, supporting the judgment below.

Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Washington, D.C., for United States.

Alfredo Parrish , Parrish Kruidenier Dunn Boles Gribble Parrish Gentry & Fisher LLP, Des Moines, Iowa, Leon F. Spies , Mellon And Spies, Iowa City, Iowa, for Petitioner.

Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Lanny A. Breuer , Assistant Attorney General, Roy W. McLeese III , Acting Deputy Solicitor General, Jeffrey B. Wall , Assistant to the Solicitor General, William C. Brown , Nina Goodman , Washington, D.C., for United States.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

This Court has long recognized that sentencing judges "exercise a wide discretion" in the types of evidence they may consider when imposing sentence and that "[h]ighly relevant—if not essential—to [the] selection of an appropriate sentence is the possession of the fullest information possible concerning the defendant's life and characteristics." Williams v. New York, 337 U.S...

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