For two importations of methamphetamine at 4.5 CQ and 60 CQ respectively, where the offender played an executive role, was motivated by greed, pleaded not guilty and showed no remorse, sentences of 7 and 10 years (TES 12 years, NPP 7 years) were manifestly inadequate. The appropriate sentences were 11 and 16 years (TES 20 years, NPP 15 years). The case confirms that expressing quantity as a CQ multiple is an important guide to relative seriousness and enables meaningful cross-drug comparisons. Tables of comparable cases remain essential tools for sentencing consistency, notwithstanding the caution expressed in Pham about bare statistics.
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