Calhoun

People v. Calhoun

Good Law
250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623·38 Cal. App. 5th 275
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 9, 2019G055511California18,161 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Fybel, J.

*280 INTRODUCTION

John Wayne Calhoun recruited 13-year-old D.T. into prostitution, acted as her pimp, treated her violently, and engaged in sex acts with her. A jury convicted him of human trafficking of a minor, pimping a minor under the age of 16, pandering a minor under the age of 16, lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14, *631 unlawful sexual intercourse, and oral copulation of a child under the age of 14. The jury found true an allegation that Calhoun *281 unlawfully used force, fear, fraud, deceit, coercion, violence, duress, menace, or threat of unlawful injury in committing the crime of human trafficking. The trial court sentenced him to 15 years to life in prison with a consecutive term of six years for one count of committing a lewd and lascivious act on a child under the age of 14 and a consecutive term of two years for another count of the same offense.

We affirm. As to each of Calhoun's contentions, we conclude: (1) the trial court did not err by excluding evidence of D.T.'s acts of prostitution occurring after Calhoun was placed in custody; (2) the evidence at the preliminary hearing imparted notice to Calhoun of the factual basis for counts 6 and…

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