People v. Steele CA3

Opinion

ROBIE, J.

A jury found defendant Justin Steele guilty of pandering E.L. to become a prostitute; procuring E.L. to leave California for prostitution; pimping of E.L. and D.R.; human trafficking of E.L. and D.R.; making criminal threats against E.L.; forcible oral copulation of E.L.; kidnapping of D.R.; abducting D.R. for prostitution; assault of D.R. by force likely to produce great bodily injury; - and pandering D.R., age 17, to become a prostitute. The jury found that defendant personally used a deadly weapon— hot cooking grease or oil—in the commission of the criminal threats count.…