People v. Williams CA6

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Trial A description of the evidence presented at the joint trial of Williams and his codefendant Johnson appears in the Williams opinion. We incorporate into this opinion the description of the trial evidence set forth therein. (Williams, supra, H048722.) On November 26, 2019, a Santa Clara County jury convicted Williams and Johnson of human trafficking by causing a minor victim to engage in a commercial sex act and involving force, fear, coercion, duress or threat of unlawful injury (§ 236.1, subd. (c)(2) (hereafter section 236.1(c)(2)); count 1); pimping where the prostitute is a minor under the age of 16 (§ 266h, subd. (b)(2); count 2); procuring a minor under the age of 16 for prostitution (§ 266i, subd. (b)(2); count 3); pimping where the prostitute is an adult (§ 266h, subd. (a); count 5); and procuring an adult for prostitution (§ 266i, subd. (a)(1); count 6). (Williams, supra, H048722.) The jury also convicted Johnson of committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child aged 14 or 15 (§ 288, subd. (c)(1); count 4).3 (Ibid.) In November 2020, the trial court sentenced Williams to 15 years to life in prison on count 1, concurrent to a term…