San Francisco jury convicts Maurice Smith, 55, of domestic violence and battery

A San Francisco jury convicted Maurice Smith, 55, of domestic violence and battery, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 17, 2026, saying the verdict followed a trial by jury. The DA’s office statement said its prosecutors secured the conviction but the captured release was truncated and did not include sentencing information.

Prosecutors described the alleged attack as occurring the afternoon of July 1, 2025, and said “an intoxicated Smith attacked a woman the afternoon of July 1, 2025. When the woman's relative tried to intervene, Smith attacked her too, prosecutors said.” The DA’s announcement tied the jury verdict to those allegations and identified the defendant as Maurice Smith, age 55.

Law enforcement records captured in the public summary indicate officers responded to a domestic dispute call that day and “Officers arrived around 5 p.m. that day to a report of a domestic dispute and found evidence that Smith had violently attacked the two victims, authorities said.” Prosecutors said the relative who intervened was kicked and struck in the head, while the woman suffered a “bloody bite wound” during the incident.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins issued a public statement alongside the conviction announcement, framing the verdict as accountability and support for survivors. “The jury’s verdict holds Mr. Smith accountable and sends a message of support to all suffering behind closed doors: you are not alone,” Jenkins said in a statement Tuesday morning. “My office will always stand with survivors and victims and do everything we can to fight for justice and help them heal from the trauma.”

The DA press release capture available to this newsroom included the headline “MAN CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND BATTERY” and the sentence, “San Francisco, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced today that her office secured a conviction of Maurice Smith (55), after a trial by jury, for domestic violence and battery.” That capture also contained the fragment “I would like to thank the jury for” but the remainder of the sentence was not present in the captured text.

Key procedural details were not included in the available materials: the specific counts or Penal Code sections charged, whether the convictions are felonies or misdemeanors, a scheduled sentencing date, the San Francisco Superior Court case number, or any statement from defense counsel. The DA release as captured referenced victim resources but the list of resources was not included in the text available to reporters.

Next steps in the case depend on court scheduling and public records. The conviction stands as announced by the DA’s office on Feb. 17, 2026; sentencing and docket details remain to be confirmed through the Superior Court docket and direct contacts with the DA’s media unit and San Francisco police records.