CALIFORNIA
Stockton Record
By Jennie Rodriguez-Moore
Record Staff Writer
Posted Apr. 6, 2015
STOCKTON — Just outside the San Joaquin County Superior Court on Weber Avenue sits the historical Stockton Hotel.
“Have you seen the original ‘All the King’s Men?’ ” Judge Bob McNatt said of the 1949 film that won three Academy Awards. “It was filmed right there (at the hotel).”
For a juror, listening to hours of testimony in a courtroom can get stressful, maybe downright mind-numbing. But McNatt knows how to break up the tension and monotony by occasionally sharing bits of history in his courtroom.
He is known to be quite the trivia buff, just one of his many qualities that will be missed in Department 42 of the Stockton court branch.
McNatt, whose most infamous cases include the child sex abuse civil lawsuits involving then-priests Oliver O’Grady and Michael Kelley, officially retires on June 1. He has, however, already cleared out and technically is on vacation.
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