Bogan has received not guilty verdicts at trial, had charges dismissed or reduced in various domestic violence cases. The San Joaquin County District Attorney Office has a special unit dedicated to the prosecution of these types of cases. As with all criminal charges the person accused should seek legal advice. This admonition is particularly true in domestic violence cases.
Crimes such as battery against a spouse, assualt vandalism, criminal threats and many others are domestic violence cases when the person whom the crime is against is someone the suspect has an intimate relationship with, such as a spouse, former spouse, cohabitant or former cohabitant the crime is becomes a crime of domestic violence.
That is the department that hears the arraignment, pre-trial, preliminary hearing and readiness conferences related to domestic violence cases in Stockton.
Cases from Lodi are heard in Stockton until the Lodi Court is re-opened. Once the case is set for trial in the San Joaquin County Court system, then the case will be assigned for trial in Department Once in Department 25, it will be reassigned to an open Trial Court when the time comes for trial on that particular case.
If convicted of Domestic Violence in San Joaquin County the court places the person on formal probation, but also requires them to periodically check in with the Court regarding their progress.
