People v. Elam CA4/1

INTRODUCTION

A 16-year-old rape victim fleeing her assailant approached Deshawn Ramon Elam, who had an admitted history of pimping, for help. When the minor victim told 27-year-old Elam she had been raped and was lost, Elam responded by saying, “ ‘Good, you don’t know where you are. You’re my bitch now.’ ” He offered to pay her for sex, and although she resisted because she was still in pain from the rape, she eventually consented. Elam pled guilty to

sexual intercourse with a minor. (Pen. Code, § 261.5, subd. (c).)1 Elam appeals the trial court’s discretionary decision to require him to

register as a sex offender. (§ 290.006, subd. (a).)2 He contends the record contained insufficient facts to support the conclusion that he committed the offense for sexual gratification or as the result of a sexual compulsion, factual findings that must be made when ordering discretionary sex offender registration. He also contends the trial court violated section 290.006 by failing to state these findings on the record. We affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Elam’s Guilty Plea to Sexual Intercourse with a Minor This appeal arises from a sentence imposed in one of three…