Opinion ID: 2600675
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Heading: Delay in execution

Text: Defendant claims that the extraordinary delay that is transpiring between his sentencing and the execution of his punishment constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. ( Lackey v. Texas (1995) 514 U.S. 1045 [131 L.Ed.2d 304, 115 S.Ct. 1421] (mem. opn. of Stevens, J., on denial of cert.).) We repeatedly have concluded that delay, whether in the appointment of counsel on appeal or in processing the appeal, or both, does not inflict cruel or unusual punishment within the meaning of the state or federal Constitution. ( Prince, supra, 40 Cal.4th at p. 1298; People v. Demetrulias (2006) 39 Cal.4th 1, 45 [45 Cal.Rptr.3d 407, 137 P.3d 229] ( Demetrulias) ; People v. Lewis (2004) 33 Cal.4th 214, 232-233 [14 Cal.Rptr.3d 566, 91 P.3d 928]; People v. Lenart (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1107, 1131 [12 Cal.Rptr.3d 592, 88 P.3d 498].)