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the Monroe County J
Reporter
State seeks death
for alleged killer
September 30, 2015
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OBESITY KILLS.
Don’t Be A Victim.
BY RICHARD DUMAS
forsyth@mymcr.net
Monroe County pros
ecutors on Tuesday noti
fied the accused killer
of Monroe County Dep.
Michael Norris
that they intend
to seek the death
penalty.
Christopher
Keith Calmer,
47, was in court
at the Monroe
County Justice
Center for the
third time since he
was arrested for
the Sept. 13, 2014
shootings of Norris
and Dep. Jeff
Wilson. Norris died
one day later, but
Wilson, who appre
hended Calmer,
survived the shoot
ing and returned
to work sev
eral months later.
Wilson was in the
courtroom during
Calmer’s hearing
on Tuesday.
The other news
to come out of
Tuesday’s hearing was
Towaliga Circuit Superior
Court- Judge Tommy
Wilson’s announcement-
t-hat- Calmer will be back
in court at 9 a.m. on
Oct. 19 at the Monroe
County Courthouse for
an arraignment hearing
at which he will enter a
plea. Because it has been
more than a year since
Calmer was arrested,
Wilson will be required by
state law to set bail at the
hearing.
Towaliga Circuit
Assistant District-
Attorney Scot-t- Johnston
will serve as the pros
ecutor in the case while
defense attorneys Amber
Pittman and Nat-hanial
St-udelska of the Georgia
Capital Defender’s
Office will represent-
Calmer. During the hear
ing, Johnston provided
Calmer with a copy of the
state’s motion of intent- to
seek the death penalty.
Calmer spoke once during
the hearing when at the
advice of his legal coun
sel, he declined t-o answer
Wilson’s query about-
whet-her he was satisfied
with his attorneys.
Numerous members
of Norris’ family, includ
ing his parents’
Bennett and
Fran Norris,
were seated t-o
Calmer’s right-
direct-ly behind
the prosecu
tors’ table dur
ing Tuesday’s
hearing, which
lasted less than
10 minutes.
Tuesday was the
first- time Calmer
has been in a
Monroe Count-y
courtroom since
the week after
Norris’ murder.
Towaliga
Circuit- District-
Attorney Richard
Milam, who
made the call to
seek the death
penalty against-
Calmer, said
his goal is for
Calmer’s trial t-o
occur next- year.
“In my opinion, law
enforcement- officers on
a daily basis risk their
personal safety and
their lives,” Milam said.
“Anytime a law enforce
ment- officer is killed in
the performance of his
duties, that is a compel
ling case for the death
penalty.”
Keith Calmer was formally informed that
the state will seek to put him to death for
the murder of deputy Michael Norris on
Tuesday. He is guarded by deputy Spencer
Maxwell. (Photo/Richard Dumas)
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