United States v. Christopher Billings

999 F.2d 544 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher BILLINGS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10498. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 12, 1993. Decided July 23, 1993. 1 Before BROWNING and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Christopher Billings pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) and § 846. He appeals the sentence imposed under the Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm. BACKGROUND 4 Billings primarily advanced the conspiracy by obtaining precursor chemicals that are used to make methamphetamine. He dispatched a courier to buy a precursor, and paid the courier with both money and drugs. The courier was an undercover informant. 5 Authorities confronted Billings and a codefendant, Michael Schaffner, as the two men alighted from a boat on a rural lake.…