Brandon

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Defendant, Marlon Brandon, appeals from his convictions for: three counts of pimping (Pen.Code, [1] § 266h, subd. (a)); four counts of pandering by procuring (§ 266i, subd. (a)(1)); attempted pandering by procuring (§§ 266i, subd. (a)(1), 664); three counts of false imprisonment by violence (§ 236); forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2)); aggravated sexual assault of a child (§§ 261, subd. (a)(2), 269, (a)(1)); forcible lewd act upon a child (§ 288, subd. (b)(1)); lewd act upon a child (§ 288, subd. (a)); aggravated sexual assault of a child, oral copulation (§§ 269, subd. (a)(4); 288a); forcible oral copulation (§ 288, subd. (c)(2)); and two counts of procuring a child to engage in a lewd act. (§ 266j.) The jury further found defendant personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon in the false imprisonment by violence offense against Mamie D. Defendant argues: Mamie, a victim, was improperly permitted to testify with her face partially covered; opinion testimony concerning pimping strategies was erroneously presented to the jury; he was denied effective assistance of counsel; there was insufficient evidence to support his false…