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Criminal

Dec. 20, 2018

Attorney acquitted of murder in death of homeless man

A Palmdale attorney accused of murdering a homeless man in 2015 was acquitted of all charges by a San Francisco jury Wednesday, putting an end to a contentious legal dispute between prosecutors and the public defender’s office.

A Palmdale attorney accused of murdering a homeless man in 2015 was acquitted of all charges by a San Francisco jury Wednesday, putting an end to a contentious dispute between prosecutors and the public defender's office.

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who personally took on the case, argued defendant Carlos Argueta acted in self defense and that the second-degree murder case was improperly charged by the district atto...

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