People v. Leonard CA4/1

Opinion

McDONALD, Acting P. J.

A jury convicted Louis Van Leonard and Charles Dwayne Walser of two counts each of pimping (Pen. Code, § 266h, subd. (a)), 1 two counts each of pandering (§ 266i, subd. (a)(2)), and one count each of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (former § 245, subd. (a)(1)). 2 The jury also convicted Leonard of one count of making a criminal threat. (§ 422.) Following a bench trial, the court found true that Leonard had a prior prison term under section 667.5, subdivision (b); a prior serious felony conviction under section 667, subdivision…