P. v. Cooper CA4/1
A jury convicted Domonic Cooper of pimping a minor over the age of 16 (Pen. Code, § 266h, subd. (b)) (count 1); pandering by procuring a minor over the age of 16 (§ 266i, subd. (b)(1)) (count 2); unlawful sexual intercourse (§ 261.5, subd. (c)) (count 3); and human trafficking of a minor for a sex act (§ 236.1, subd. (c)(1)) (count 4). The jury found that Cooper committed counts 1, 2, and 4 for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal street gang with specific intent to promote, further, or assist in criminal conduct by gang members within the meaning of section 186.22, subdivision (b)(1)(A). The jury also found Cooper's commission of count 4 involved the use of force, fear, fraud, deceit, violence, duress, menace, or threat of unlawful injury to the victim or another person within the meaning of section 236.1, subdivision (c)(2). In a bifurcated proceeding, the court found Cooper had a prior strike conviction.
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