A Sacramento Superior Court judge on Monday sentenced a man to 30 years to life in prison for strangling his cellmate five years ago at a Northern California prison.
Judge Deborah Lobre sentenced Jesus Lopez, 48, for the Feb. 24, 2020, death of Jose Garcia at California State Prison Sacramento, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
On June 11, Lopez withdrew a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors said Lopez then pleaded to a charge of second-degree murder in Garcia’s death…