Opinion ID: 540816
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Drug Quantity Involved.

Text: 42 Mueller contends that the district court erred when it used 8.5 gallons as the relevant amount of methamphetamine for determining the offense level under the drug quantity table. See Sentencing Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1. Mueller argues that because much of the mixture was acetone rather than methamphetamine, only the portion that was methamphetamine should have been counted for purposes of calculation on the drug quantity table. 43 However, in United States v. Baker, 883 F.2d 13, 15 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 110 S.Ct. 517, 107 L.Ed.2d 518 (1989), we specifically rejected an identical argument and held that the total weight of a liquid containing any detectable amount of methamphetamine would be used. Baker also confirmed that there was no due process or equal protection violation in the guideline's calculation of drug quantity based upon the entire mixture rather than upon merely the amount of the controlled substance. 44