18 U.S.C. § 3558
Section 3558 · Implementation of a sentence
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 887 court decisions — leading case United States v. Carty (2008)
Most recently applied in United States v. David Hines (December 2017)
Applied most in the Eighth Circuit Circuit (29 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The implementation of a sentence imposed pursuant to section 3551 is governed by the provisions of chapter 229.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Effective Date
Section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.