Grayson

Defendants April Lynne Grayson and Joseph Bo Lewis were charged with a variety of offenses involving two young women, 19-year-old Shadell and 14-year-old Corrine F. (Corrine). The jury convicted Grayson of several crimes involving Shadell, namely, kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 207 [further section references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated]), false imprisonment (§ 236), procuring for purposes of prostitution (§ 266a), and pandering (§ 266Í). 1 The jury found charged firearm enhancements to be true. (§§ 12022.5, subd. (a), 12022, subd. (a)(1), 12022.53, subd. (b).) The jury also convicted Grayson of bringing an explosive into jail (§ 4574).

The jury acquitted both defendants of kidnapping Corrine but convicted them of procuring Corrine for purposes of prostitution (§ 266a) and pimping (§ 266h). The jury also convicted defendant Lewis of one count of lewd and lascivious conduct (§ 288, subd. (c)), and the court found charged priors to be true.

The trial court sentenced Grayson to an aggregate prison term of 20 years 8 months, and imposed an aggregate sentence of 50 years to life on defendant Lewis.

On appeal, defendants raise a multitude of individual and…