Martin
People v. Martin
Opinion
Opinion
Herndon, J.
Defendant appeals from the judgment entered against her following a nonjury trial wherein she was convicted of the crime of pandering in violation of section 266i of the Penal Code.
The information upon which the prosecution was based charged defendant in substantially the same language found in subdivision (c) thereof, i.e., that defendant did procure an identified female person “a place as an inmate of a house of prostitution.” This subdivision also proscribes the procuring for a female person a place “as an inmate of any place in which prostitution is encouraged or allowed within this State; ...” (Italics added.)
Although defendant makes passing argument in support of her contention that certain evidence was obtained as the result of an illegal search and seizure, this assignment of error is so wholly devoid of merit that we may dispose of it in summary fashion. First, no objection to the evidence was made upon this ground in the trial court, and, therefore, error in its admission cannot be urged for the first time on appeal. Secondly, no evidence was introduced which tended to indicate that the officers had no warrant for the arrest or search, and, in the total absence of…