A Salinas Valley State Jail inmate has been convicted of two violent stabbings of fellow inmates, prosecutors stated Friday.
A Monterey County jury discovered Moises Meraz Espinoza responsible of two counts of assault by a life prisoner, District Legal professional Jeannine M. Pacioni introduced.
Meraz Espinoza is at present serving a life sentence for homicide, a press launch famous.
Prosecutors stated Meraz Espinoza stabbed his cellmate greater than 20 occasions on Feb. 4, 2023, after the night lockdown. The sufferer survived after being handled at Natividad Medical Middle.
On Nov. 25, 2024, Meraz Espinoza attacked one other inmate within the jail yard, once more inflicting life-threatening accidents, authorities stated.
He’s scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 27 and faces a most of life in jail.
Initially Printed: August 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM PDT
