P. v. Elam CA4/1
A 16-year-old rape victim fleeing her assailant approached Deshawn Ramon Elam, who had an admitted history of pimping, for help. When the minor victim told 27-year-old Elam she had been raped and was lost, Elam responded by saying, “ ‘Good, you don’t know where you are. You’re my bitch now.’ ” He offered to pay her for sex, and although she resisted because she was still in pain from the rape, she eventually consented. Elam pled guilty to sexual intercourse with a minor. (Pen. Code, § 261.5, subd. (c).)
Elam appeals the trial court’s discretionary decision to require him to register as a sex offender. (§ 290.006, subd. (a).) He contends the record contained insufficient facts to support the conclusion that he committed the offense for sexual gratification or as the result of a sexual compulsion, factual findings that must be made when ordering discretionary sex offender registration.
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