A sentencing judge's failure to expressly refer to an early guilty plea and quantify the discount does not necessarily demonstrate error, particularly where the sentencing proceedings, the structure and length of the sentence, and the judge's experience indicate the plea was taken into account. For importation of a commercial quantity of methamphetamine (787g pure), a pre-discount sentence of approximately 9 years with a 25% discount for an early guilty plea, resulting in 6 years and 9 months, was within the available range.
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