People v. White CA2/2

BACKGROUND

In an information filed by the District Attorney of Los Angeles County, defendant was charged with human trafficking of a minor for a commercial sex act (§ 236.1, subd. (c)(1); counts 1, 4, 6 & 12), human trafficking of a minor for a commercial sex act by force, fear, fraud, or threat of injury (§ 236.1, subd. (c)(2); counts 2 & 5), pimping (§ 266h, subd. (a); count 3), and dissuading a witness by force or threat (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1); count 14). Defendant pled not guilty. Codefendant Barrington Maxwell Williams was charged with seven counts of trafficking of a minor for a commercial sex act (§ 236.1, subd. (c)(1)) and one count of trafficking of a minor for a commercial sex act by force, fear, fraud, or threat of injury (§ 236.1, subd. (c)(2)).2 The matter went to trial by jury. The jury found defendant guilty of pimping Symone H. (count 3). The jury was unable to reach verdicts on the remaining seven counts.

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code. Codefendant Williams is not a party to this appeal. The court declared a mistrial as to those counts.

2 The court sentenced defendant to the middle term of four years in state prison.…