P. v. Suarez CA3
A jury found defendant Martin Gellin Suarez guilty of pimping (Pen. Code, § 266h, subd. (a)), pandering (§ 266i, subd. (a)(2)), and misdemeanor resisting a peace officer during the discharge of their duty (§ 148, subd. (a)(1)). The trial court sentenced him to an aggregate term of six years four months in prison, consisting of the upper term of six years for the pimping offense, plus a consecutive four months for the resisting offense. The trial court imposed but stayed sentence on the pandering offense pursuant to section 654.
Defendant timely appealed; after time for record preparation and supplemental briefing at defendant’s request, the case was fully briefed on November 18, 2021, and assigned to this panel on November 30, 2021. In January 2022, defendant requested and received permission to file a second supplemental brief; supplemental briefing was complete by both parties on February 28, 2022. Appellant requested argument and the case was heard on April 20, 2022.
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