{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3673","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3673.","heading":"Definitions for sentencing provisions","status":null,"guid":"idbf35c238-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(4), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2010; amended Pub. L. 99–646, § 2(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3592.)","seq_in_title":1266,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch232","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII","level":"part","num":"PART II—","heading":"CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch232","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 232—","heading":"MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id755e3284-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3673\"><num value=\"3673\">§ 3673.</num><heading> Definitions for sentencing provisions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">As used in chapters 227 and 229—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id755e3285-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3673/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> the term “found guilty” includes acceptance by a court of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id755e3286-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3673/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the term “commission of an offense” includes the attempted commission of an offense, the consummation of an offense, and any immediate flight after the commission of an offense; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id755e3287-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3673/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> the term “law enforcement officer” means a public servant authorized by law or by a government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of an offense.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id755e3288-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/tII/s212/a/4\">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(4)</ref>, <date date=\"1984-10-12\">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/98/2010\">98 Stat. 2010</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/646/s2/a\">Pub. L. 99–646, § 2(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1986-11-10\">Nov. 10, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/3592\">100 Stat. 3592</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id755e3289-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id755e328a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id755e328b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1986—<ref href=\"/us/pl/99/646\">Pub. L. 99–646</ref> redesignated pars. (a) to (c) as (1) to (3), respectively, and inserted “the term” after “(1)”, “(2)”, and “(3)”.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id755e328c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDateOfAmendment\" id=\"id755e328d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date of 1986 Amendment</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/99/646/s2/b\">Pub. L. 99–646, § 2(b)</ref>, <date date=\"1986-11-10\">Nov. 10, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/3592\">100 Stat. 3592</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/99/646/s2/b\">“The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the taking effect of <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3673\">section 3673 of title 18</ref>, United States Code [<date date=\"1987-11-01\">Nov. 1, 1987</date>].”</quotedContent>\n</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id755e328e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"1987-11-01\">Nov. 1, 1987</date>, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/s235/a/1\">section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3551\">section 3551 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}