United States v. Hendricks’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Take, for example, a case involving a methamphetamine mixture of 150 grams and 90% purity. Had purity testing been performed, the base offense level would be 30, while the base offense level for untested methamphetamine would be 24. Assuming no adjustments and a Criminal History Category of I, the Guidelines range without purity testing is 51-63 months. With purity testing, the Guidelines range balloons to 97-121 months-an increase in the Guidelines range of over 90% attributable to the fact of testing alone.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 382 F. Supp. 3d 892 - United States v. Rodriguez

2. “Congress first introduced the methamphetamine purity distinction in the 1988 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, in which the weight quantity of methamphetamine mixture triggering each mandatory minimum was set at ten times the quantity of the pure methamphetamine triggering that same statutory minimum penalty. The Commission responded by amending the Guidelines to reflect the 10-to-1 mixture/pure substance ratio.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 382 F. Supp. 3d 892 - United States v. Rodriguez

3. “Methamphetamine, unlike most controlled substances, is to be quantified based on purity, using either the weight of a mixture containing the drug or the weight of the pure drug itself contained within the mixture, whichever yields the greater offense level.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 382 F. Supp. 3d 892 - United States v. Rodriguez