Is persuading or encouraging another person "to become a prostitute" a violation of section 266i(a)(2) of the California Penal Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jacobo, 249 Cal.Rptr.3d 236, 37 Cal.App.5th 32 (Cal. App. 2019):
Under section 266i, subdivision (a)(2) (hereinafter section 266i(a)(2)), persuading or encouraging another person "to become a prostitute" includes "recruiting someone to enter the prostitution trade for the first time." ( People v. Zambia (2011) 51 Cal.4th 965, 973, 127 Cal.Rptr.3d 662, 254 P.3d 965 ( Zambia ).)
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