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Defendant was charged with pandering (§ 266i, Pen. Code) and the information alleged two prior felony convictions (violations § § 476a and 484a, subd. (b), Pen. Code). The cause was submitted on the transcript of the testimony taken at the preliminary hearing and defendant was found guilty as charged. His motion for new trial was denied but the offense was declared a misdemeanor pursuant to section 17, Penal Code.

Defendant, who was engaged in various businesses, had several accounts at a bank at which Dianna worked as a teller and came there regularly three or four times a week; on one occasion he gave her his card and told her if she was ever interested in working for him to let him know. About three weeks later (March 1970) Dianna called him; defendant was not in but returned her call that evening; she told him she was looking for another job but he told her he would rather not talk about it over the phone. Later they discussed the matter at a restaurant. She said she was dissatisfied with her job and would like to make more money; defendant told her, “I don’t know how you would fit into the organization I have because I don’t know how you feel about, what your mores…