Legal Opinion
United States v. Kennard Carter
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2005No. 03-10377PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge.
Kennard Carter appeals the imposition of a sentence enhancement pursuant to United States Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1(b)(4), which mandates a two-point offense-level enhancement for certain firearms offenses when any firearm involved has an altered or obliterated serial number. This case requires us, as a matter of first impression, to construe the meaning of the phrase “altered or obliterated” as used in Guideline § 2K2.1(b)(4).
We hold that, for the purposes of Guideline § 2K2.1(b)(4), a firearm’s serial number is “altered or obliterated” when it is materially…
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