Where only some importations in a conspiracy are intercepted, the sentencing court may infer the quantity of drugs in unintercepted importations by averaging the quantities found in intercepted shipments. A sentencing hearing conducted on the basis that certain facts were before the court without objection binds the offender on appeal, even where those facts were not formally tendered in evidence.
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