People v. Grow

Opinion

CHRISTIAN, J.

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…