Crenshaw

Defendant appeals from the judgment entered following a jury trial that resulted in his conviction of the crimes of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211), and pimping (Pen. Code, § 266h).

Appellant’s contention regarding the sufficiency of the evidence is without merit. Mrs. Edith Montgomery testified that she was a prostitute who had agreed to work for appellant and had done so for several months. During this period she lived with appellant and gave him all the money she earned. Prom these earnings he paid her living expenses. Appellant drove her to and from the locations where she practiced her profession and physically abused her if she failed to earn certain minimum amounts each night. During the time Mrs. Montgomery worked for appellant, he appeared to have no other means of support than the money she gave him.

In June 1964, Mrs. Montgomery broke off her relationship *292 with appellant. Thereafter, at approximately 5:15 a.m. on August 8, 1964, appellant approached her in an alley and forced her to enter his car by pushing something into her back that she believed was a gun. After they entered the car, appellant did place a gun in the glove compartment and demanded her money. She…

Concurring and Dissenting.—At 4:45 p.m. Officer Hollis at roll call was given the name and description of a robbery suspect who was driving a pink Cadillac convertible and might be armed with a .32 or .38 caliber 2-inch revolver. That evening at 11:55 p.m., Officer Hollis saw such a Cadillac and saw Crenshaw, who corresponded to the description of the suspect, getting into the convertible. The officer arrested Crenshaw as a robbery suspect and found a .38 caliber revolver under the right front seat. He drove him at once to the Newton Street police station, where they arrived 15 to *299 20 minutes after the arrest. On arrival at the station Officer Hollis asked Crenshaw if he had robbed Edith Montgomery, and Crenshaw replied he had not. Crenshaw also said the gun was not his, that Mrs. Montgomery had owed him money and had paid it back early that morning from her previous night’s work. Asked if she were one of his whores, he said yes. These statements were received in evidence at his trial on charges of robbery and pimping.

Crenshaw took the stand on his own behalf and admitted the accuracy of the conversation reported by Officer Hollis. However, he testified that the conversation…