Opinion ID: 2982327
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Heading: Sentencing: Drug-Quantity Determination

Text: Last, Smotherman assigns clear error to the district court’s drug-quantity calculation at sentencing, asserting that it improperly included drugs from the stash house in determining that his crimes involved more than 100 grams of heroin. The jury’s verdict forecloses this argument, in that it found Smotherman guilty of participating in a drug-trafficking conspiracy involving 100 grams or more of heroin. Johnson’s estimated total deliveries to 401 Taylor Avenue supported this conclusion. The district court therefore “c[ould not] ignore the jury’s findings as to drug quantity.” United States v. Ricketts, 317 F.3d 540, 545 (6th Cir. 2003). Because the jury’s finding necessitated the 60-month mandatory minimum sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)(i), we reject Smotherman’s drug-quantity argument. See United States. v. Garner, 491 F.3d 532, 536–37 (6th Cir. 2007) (concluding that the jury’s drug-quantity determination, and not the district court’s calculation, triggered the statutory minimum sentence).