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Jury Convicts Salinas Valley State Prison Inmate of Murder and Attempted Murder on Other Inmates, and Attempted Murder of a Correctional Officer

 

SALINAS, California -- Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced on Monday, November 18

that 42-year-old Michael Ellison of Riverside, CA, was convicted by a jury of First-Degree Murder, First-

Degree Attempted Murder of a Peace Officer, and First-Degree Attempted Murder. Ellison was also

convicted of 3 counts of Assault by a Life Prisoner. The Honorable Judge Stephanie Hulsey

presided over the trial.

On April 8, 2018, Ellison stabbed fellow prisoner Jason Lewis to death in the prison yard at Salinas Valley

State Prison in Soledad. On July 26, 2019, Ellison, while housed in administrative segregation at Correctional

Training Facility in Soledad, stabbed a Correctional Officer multiple times. On August 12, 2023,

Ellison stabbed his cellmate at Salinas Valley State Prison.

The jury also found true allegations that Ellison has a prior conviction for Murder out of Riverside

County in 2004, Assault by a Prisoner with a Deadly Weapon from Kings County in 2005, and Assault

with a Deadly Weapon causing Great Bodily Injury from Kern County in 2017.

Ellison faces a maximum sentence of Life Without Parole plus an additional 87 years-life in prison.

This case was investigated by the Investigative Services Unit of Salinas Valley State Prison, the

Investigative Services Unit of the Correctional Training Facility as well as District Attorney

Investigator Erik Morris and retired District Attorney Investigator Jackie Meroney.

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