A sentence of 4 years and 6 months' imprisonment for trafficking in a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine (approximately 9 times the commercial quantity and approaching the large commercial quantity threshold) is within range even where the sentencing judge found powerful and exceptional mitigatory circumstances warranting clemency, particularly where the offender has a prior conviction for trafficking in methylamphetamine.
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