United States v. James Jones, Jr.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-10090

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:19-cr-08075-DWL-1 v.

JAMES LEE JONES, Jr., MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Dominic Lanza, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 19, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: WATFORD and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and BAKER,** International Trade Judge. Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BAKER

James Jones, Jr., appeals his convictions for aggravated sexual abuse of a child

and abusive sexual contact with a child. We affirm.

1. Jones contends the district court misapplied Federal Rule of Evidence

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable M. Miller Baker, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. 412(a) in granting the…