News and Press Releases

Public Defender Jeff Adachi is off to Washington D.C. this week for a national conference on criminal defense for the poor.

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi will be among the featured speakers this week at U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s national conference on criminal defense for the poor.

A man accused of spitting in a parking enforcement officer’s face was acquitted by a San Francisco jury Thursday afternoon.

A woman who believed she was rescuing a lost dog from Union Square traffic was acquitted of stealing the animal by a San Francisco jury Wednesday.

Three men on trial for two Visitacion Valley killings were found not guilty of all charges by a San Francisco jury Tuesday. Joc Wilson, 23, Floyd Jackson, 22 and, Emon Brown, 21, faced first-degree murder charges in addition to gang and firearm enhancements. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.