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# Charles Norman

Paulding County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Paulding County Magistrate Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### electronic devices and recording

Scope: statewide

Georgia's class-specific Uniform Court Rules govern electronic devices and recording in state trial courts. Before using recording, photography, livestreaming, or similar courtroom technology, confirm the governing rule and the assigned court's procedure.

Evidence excerpt: Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court Rules

[Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6a3d6ef8451930fcf7a5688f/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6a3d6ef8451930fcf7a5688f/)
- [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
- [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/6a3d6ef8451930fcf7a5688f/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- On June 9, 2026, he pleaded guilty, and on June 22, 2026, Judge H. James West of Charles County Circuit Court sentenced him to 20 years in prison
- Judge H. James West presided over the sentencing in Charles County Circuit Court

### Education

### Additional information

- The “Charles Norman judge” reference relates to Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West, who sentenced Joseph Michael Norman in 2026 for the involuntary manslaughter of two of his children
- At sentencing, Norman was already serving a life sentence for the 2001 first-degree murder of Alonzo Device Campbell, a friend of his then-wife
- Both children were in Norman’s sole custody at the time



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.