Opinion ID: 4231993
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Obliterated-Serial-Number Enhancement

Text: For similar reasons, the government's agreement not to include a four-point obliterated-serial-number enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B) in the plea agreement was sufficient consideration. Rivera-Cruz faults the government for sa[ying] nothing when it realized that the PSR's calculation of the offense level included the four-point enhancement. But Rivera-Cruz points to no authority imposing an affirmative obligation on the government to object to the enhancement at sentencing. In any case, the government's voluntary agreement not to include the § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B) enhancement in the plea agreement improved Rivera-Cruz's chances of obtaining a more lenient sentence, and accordingly constituted sufficient consideration for his plea.1