Tarence

MEMORANDUM

Mark Anthony Tarence (Tarence) appeals the judgment of the district court imposing a sentence of eight years and one month in prison pursuant to his plea of guilty to the charge of maintaining a place for the manufacture of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm the judgment.

On May 9,1996, Tarence was indicted on one count of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). On February 9, 1998, Tarence pleaded guilty to a superseding information, which charged him with one count of maintaining a place for the manufacture of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 856 , and agreed that his base offense level would be calculated upon the 983.3 grams of actual (pure) d-methamphetamine found at the lab site. The government agreed (1) to dismiss the indictment, (2) to recommend that Tarence’s base offense level be calculated upon only the 983.3 grams of actual (pure) d-methamphetamine found at the lab site, (3) not to recommend a two-level increase for possession of firearms, (4) to recommend a three-level reduction for a minor role and a separate…