Court Opinion

ID: 9782578
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 18:58:40.550425+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:35:05.993373
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KENNARD, J.
I concur in the majority opinion except for its treatment of defendant’s contention that the delay between sentencing and execution violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. This court has in the past rejected such a claim, holding that “[a]s long as it is reasonable, the time required for our statutorily mandated review is not a violation of a criminal defendant’s constitutional rights; it is essential to ensuring that those rights are and have been respected.” (People v. Ochoa (1998) 19 Cal.4th 353, 477 [79 Cal.Rptr.2d 408, 966 P.2d 442].) Because the delay here is reasonable, this court’s holding in Ochoa is dispositive here. I would go no further.
Appellant’s petition for a rehearing was denied September 19, 2001.