Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Ruff and Michael Raymond Persyn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1993No. 92-5523PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal compels us to examine once again the question of whether a sentencing judge may consider the entire amount of a mixture containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine rather than only the actual weight of the illegal substance within the mixture. Although we acknowledge that this case presents a slightly different factual situation than those we have previously addressed, the rule adopted by this Circuit applies equally here to require that the entire amount be considered. We affirm the district court’s ruling on this issue. We affirm, with one exception,…
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