Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinionshould not * be publishe d and is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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m e t ham phe t am i ne ; t hate ac h o f t he 3 4 ba gs w as t he s am e s i z e , w e i ght , a nd pu ri t y; t hat e ac h ba g o f t he m e t ham phe t am i ne had an ap pr o xi m at e va l u e of $ 1 0 ,00 0 ; a n dth a t e a ch b a gw e igh e da p p ro x im a te ly o n e p o u n d(. 4 5 4 k il o g ra m s). I n d e t e r mi n i n gt h e q u a n t i t yo f me t h a mp h e t a mi n e t a k e n i n t h e h o me i n vasi on , t h e probati on of f i cer prepa ri n g t h e presentenc e r e p ortreli ed u pon r e po r t s pr e pa r e d i n t he i nve s t i ga t i o n of t he co ns pir ac y. Bef o r e se nt e nc i ng, t he Go v e r n m e n tpr o vi de d the di s t r i c tc o ur ta nd Vi l l e ga s w i t h c o pi e s o f t he de br i e f

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m et h am ph et am i nef o ra ppr o xi m at el y $9, 500
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m e th a m p h e ta m in e fr o m t h e in fo r m a tio ninth e re p o r ts . Se ei d. at246- 49 ( ap pro v i n g t h e use of ext rapol ati on t o est i m ate th e att ribu t able qu an t i t y of
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. 3 d42 3 , 42 5 ( 5 th C i r. 200 8)
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