Opinion ID: 711611
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Tina Marie Virta

Text: 6 The district court held Tina Virta responsible for 1,610 doses of LSD weighing 10.004 grams. This weight included the blotter paper carrier medium to which the LSD was affixed. She received a sentence of 120 months based upon a mandatory ten-year statutory minimum sentence for offenses involving over ten grams of LSD pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(b)(1)(A)(v). On remand, the district court denied her motion to apply Amendment 488 retroactively to her sentence. 7 Tina Virta argues on appeal that, because Amendment 488 directs courts to treat each dose of LSD as weighing 0.4 milligrams regardless of the carrier medium's actual weight, calculations under the statutory mandatory minimum at Sec. 841 should likewise treat each dose as weighing 0.4 milligrams. This argument is foreclosed by our recent opinion in United States v. Andress, 47 F.3d 839, 841 (6th Cir.1995), where we held that Amendment 488 directs that courts are to use the actual weight of the LSD's carrier medium when determining the applicability of any statutory mandatory minimum sentence. See United States v. Ingram, 67 F.3d 126, 127-28 (6th Cir.1995) (Where a statutorily required minimum sentence is greater than the maximum of the applicable guideline range, the statutorily required minimum sentence controls.). 8 Because the actual weight of the 1,610 doses for which Tina Virta is responsible is over ten grams, the statutory mandatory minimum sentence applies. Her sentence is affirmed.