People v. Simmons CA6

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Amended Information On January 11, 2018, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office filed a first amended information charging Simmons with human trafficking of a minor (§ 236.1, subd. (c); count 1), pimping a minor under the age of 16 (§ 266h, subd. (b)(2); count 2), providing or transporting a child for a lewd act (§ 266j; count 3), two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse where the defendant is age 21 or older and the minor is under the age of 16 (§ 261.5, subd. (d); counts 4 & 7), two counts of oral copulation with a minor under the age of 16 (former § 288a, subd. (b)(2); counts 5 & 8), sodomy where the defendant is age 21 or older and the minor is under the age of 16 (§ 286, subd. (b)(2); count 6), two counts of inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant (§ 273.5, subd. (a); counts 9 & 13), two counts of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245,

2 subd. (a)(4); counts 10 & 14), forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (a)(2); count 11), and forcible oral copulation of a minor (former § 288a, subd. (c)(2)(C); count 12). It was further alleged that the count of human trafficking (count 1) involved force, fear, violence, duress,…