054071P.pdf   07/05/2007  USA  v.  I. Ramon-Rodriguez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-4071
                          and No:  06-1339
                          and No:  06-1572
                          and No:  06-2579
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED][Melloy; Author, with Smith and Benton, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient
   to support drug conspiracy convictions; no error in giving a willful
   blindness instruction as one of the co-conspirators claimed ignorance of
   the conspiracy; no error in sentencing defendant Santamaria to life
   imprisonment under the provisions of 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(b)(1)(A) and
   851; no error in refusing to give a "single conspiracy v. multiple
   conspiracy" jury instruction; no error in determining the that defendant
   Gascon-Guerrero was responsible for at least 15 kilograms of
   methamphetamine; officers had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant
   Mendez's vehicle and conduct a Terry stop; claim that attorney rendered
   ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with a claim of attorney
   conflict of interest rejected.