United States of America v. Alonzo Jones

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Alonzo Jones was convicted of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) by distributing cocaine base to undercover police officers in Steele, Missouri, on two days in 1998. The district court, 1 sentenced Jones to 324 months in prison, the bottom of his sentencing guidelines range, and six years of supervised release. Jones appeals, arguing that the government failed to disclose a potential alibi witness, as Rule 12.1(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requires; that the district court abused its discretion in admitting “other crimes” evidence under Rule 404(b) of the…