Opinion
Gordon Grow, William Girolomoni and Pamela Bareford have appealed from orders by which thеy were admitted to probation after a jury found each of them guilty of one count of pаndering (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 was the testimony of Margo Comptоn concerning the details of the operation. The verdicts of pandering and pimping related to her acts, as to which there was direct or circumstantial evidence that each of the appellants participated in arranging and sponsoring.
Appellant Bareford contends that it was a denial of due process and of equal protection to fail tо provide a postindictment preliminary hearing. The contention must be rejected as contrary to controlling authority. (People v. Superior Court (Persons) (1976)
It is contended that the prosecutor should have disclosed to the grand jury the fact that the witness, Margo Compton, was a drug user and that she was an accomplice who had been granted immunity in exchange for her testimony. But the record does not show that Margo Compton actually received immunity; on the contrary, the prosecutor represented to the court that an offer of immunity had been declined with a statement to the effect, “I want tо tell my story and I am not worried about the rest of that.” No plausible theory has been advanced as to how that circumstance could have been viewed as exculpatory under Johnson v. Superior Court (1975)
Apрellants Grow and Girolomoni contend that the court should have granted their pretrial motions, рursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5, to suppress certain physical evidence which was sеized when police officers entered the premises for the purpose of making arrеsts. The contention is entirely without merit. A police officer impersonating a Japanese tourist was solicited for prostitution while he was inside the encounter parlor. That fact empowered him to make an immediate arrest without a warrant. He stepped outside and summonеd the help of other officers who immediately came in and arrested appellants Grow and Bareford. The challenged items of evidence were all in plain view; the seizures werе lawful. (People v. Sirhan (1972)
All three appellants contend that the court erred in instructing the jury. For the purpose оf defining the charged offenses of pimping and pandering the court defined prostitution as “soliciting another person to engage in or engaging in sexual intercourse or other lewd or dissolutе acts between persons in return for money or other consideration.” The theory is that the statutes condemning pimping and pandering should be taken as implying a definition of the term “prostitution” which imports sexual intercourse for hire and does not include other forms of commercial sex acts. This contention cannot be sustained. The definition used by the court was properly taken from Penal Code section 647, subdivision (b) which defines prostitution as including “any lewd act between pеrsons for money or other consideration.” (See People v. Fixler (1976)
Finally, appellants contend that the рrosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct. Review of the record establishes that thеre was no misconduct in the sense of an attempt corruptly or unfairly to take advantage.
Affirmed.
Caldecott, P. J., and Cook, J.,
Petitions for a rehearing were denied August 28, 1978, and appellants’ petitions for a hearing by the Supreme Court were denied October 12, 1978.
Notes
Assigned by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council.