Longtime San Joaquin County prosecutor and Judge F. Clark Sueyres handled many of the region’s highest-profile cases during his time practicing law, but it’s his legacy outside the courtroom that may leave the deepest mark on the community.
“He is Judge Sueyres, in many, many ways, but at the end of the day it was his role as Clark – a champion of this community – that’s the thing that’s sticking with me more than anything,” his son, Colin Sueyres said Saturday. “The legacy he left was greater than what he did as a job … what defined him was the fact that he gave back.”
The court s action follows a decision in a case from New York late last year in which the justices split 5-4 in barring the state from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues.