PONCE v. U.S.

No. 02-2058.

311 F.3d 911 (2002)

Ramon P. PONCE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cenobio Lozano, argued, Harrisonville, MO, for appellant.

Lajuana Counts, AUSA, argued, Kansas City, MO (Jeffery E. Valenti, AUSA, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and LONGSTAFF, District Judge.


LONGSTAFF, District Judge.

From 1996 through the beginning of 2001, a large-scale drug organization operating out of Amarillo, Texas, smuggled enormous amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana to the Kansas City area, and unknown quantities of drugs to Arizona, California and Oklahoma. The organization was headed by Roberto Castillo and his wife, Irma Carassco. Defendant, Ramon Ponce, was a courier for the Castillo Organization from August of 1999 until January...

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