Gun serial number markings
Craddock v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Noah Craddock asks the Supreme Court to review whether a four-level sentence increase applies when a firearm has an illegible serial-number marking but also has another legible marking. The Third Circuit said the legible marking does not prevent the increase.
- What's at stake
- The unresolved question is whether Craddock’s firearm sentence should include a four-level increase despite another readable serial-number marking.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The federal sentencing guideline provides a four-level increase when a firearm’s serial-number information is altered so the original information is unreadable.
Question presented
Whether the four-level enhancement in § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B)(i) applies when a firearm has multiple markings of its serial number, and the serial-number information remains legible in at least one marking.
What happens next
The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear the petition. No oral argument or decision window is set while review remains ungranted.
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Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.