Conviction of defendant for drug possession and enhanced sentence based on prior conviction for controlled substance is affirmed where: 1) defendant’s claim that his sentencing was delayed in violation of state and federal constitution is without merit as the record shows abundant justification for the delay which was not presumptively prejudicial; and 2) defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim is meritless.
Read People v. Contreras, No. F056089
Appellate Information
Filed September 23, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Gomes
Counsel
For Appellant: Tara K. Hoveland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal
For Appelle: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Michael A. Canzoneri and John A. Bachman, Deputy Attorneys General
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