SOLEDAD — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Nov. 18 that Michael Ellison, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad, was convicted by a jury of murder, attempted murder of a peace officer and attempted murder, all in the first degree.
Ellison, 42, of Riverside, was also convicted of three counts of assault by life prisoner.
On April 8, 2018, Ellison stabbed fellow prisoner Jason Lewis to death on the yard at SVSP. On July 26, 2019, Ellison, while housed in administrative segregation at Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, stabbed a correctional officer multiple times. Then, on Aug. 12, 2023, he stabbed his cellmate at SVSP.
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 to life in prison.
