A murder charge was filed against a 51-year-old man accused in a mid-afternoon stabbing attack in a Tustin park.
Robert Jesus Wilson also faces sentence-enhancing allegations of the use of a deadly weapon and prior convictions for assault and battery.
Wilson, who was due in court this afternoon, allegedly stabbed 39-year- old Robert Carranza of Tustin in the neck on Aug. 18 in Frontier Park at 1400 Mitchell Ave.
Investigators have not determined a motive for the attack, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Scott Simmons.
The victim staggered through the park and collapsed at a strip mall at 14200 Red Hill Ave., said Tustin police Sgt. Andrew Birozy. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died shortly after his arrival.
The area is relatively quiet in terms of crime, Birozy said.
Wilson pleaded guilty in July 1998 to felony assault with a weapon on a police officer and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 283 days in jail, according to court records.
In March 2000, Wilson pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to produce great bodily injury and was sentenced to three years in prison, according to court records.
Wilson pleaded guilty in August of last year to a felony count of making criminal threats, as well as misdemeanor counts of battery, contempt of court and resisting arrest. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
— Wire reports