Grow

Gordon Grow, William Girolomoni and Pamela Bareford have appealed from orders by which they were admitted to probation after a jury found each of them guilty of one count of pandering (Pen. Code, § 266i) and one count of pimping (Pen. Code, § 266h). The verdicts are well supported by evidence that appellant Grow was the owner, and with appellants Girolomoni and Bareford was involved in the management and operation of a so-called “encounter studio” in which, for money, male customers were orally copulated or masturbated by female employees. Crucial to the prosecution’s case was the testimony of Margo Compton concerning the details of the operation. The verdicts of pandering and pimping related to her acts, as to which there was direct or circumstantial evidence that each of the appellants participated in arranging and sponsoring.

Appellant Bareford contends that it was a denial of due process and of equal protection to fail to provide a postindictment preliminary hearing. The contention must be rejected as contrary to controlling authority. (People v. Superior Court (Persons) (1976) 56 Cal.App.3d 191 [ 128 Cal.Rptr. 314 ].)

It is contended that the prosecutor should have…