A San Francisco jury has agreed with a homeless man who claimed he was acting in self defense when he struck a former city fire commissioner with a pipe during a street encounter in April.
Dec. 23 A San Francisco jury has agreed with a homeless man who claimed he was acting in self defense when he struck a former city fire commissioner with a pipe during a street encounter in April.
Garret Doty, 25, was found not guilty by a California Superior Court jury on assault charges Friday, his public defenders announced.
Doty was arrested in April after striking former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Donald Carmignani with a metal pipe. Carmignani’s jaw was broken during the confrontation and Doty was subsequently charged with assault and battery.
