People v. Fletcher CA3

BACKGROUND

During an investigation into juveniles working as prostitutes in Sacramento, a detective recognized Kimberly J. in a Craigslist advertisement. (Fletcher, supra, C063305.) The detective had encountered her the year before, when she used the same false name: Sparkle. Advertisements showed Kimberly J. with another female, Cinnamon. (Ibid.) Cinnamon (codefendant Siama Rivera) took an officer posing as a “john” to a motel room where Kimberly J. was waiting. They told the officer he could get a massage and dance from both of them for $250. (Fletcher, supra, C063305.) Meanwhile, other surveillance officers saw a white Jaguar driven by defendant back out of a parking space directly below the room. When they stopped the Jaguar, they found two cell phones in the car; one had a photo of Kimberly J. engaged in sexual activity. (Fletcher, supra, C063305.) Officers subsequently found evidence in the motel room associated with defendant. (Ibid.) According to Kimberly J., during the time she spent with defendant and codefendant, she walked the streets twice as a prostitute; the rest of the time she posted photographs for customers on the Internet. Defendant took those photographs.…