Anniston man sentenced on kidnapping conviction

Patrick Jason Norris

A Calhoun County judge  sentenced 38 year old Patrick Jason Norris of Anniston to life in prison without parole Tuesday for kidnapping two women and robbing one of them in 2012.

Norris  was found guilty in October. He also faces charges of attempted murder and rape of one of the two women in Clay County. Norris is set to appear in a Clay County courtroom on April 22 on those charges.

Norris made no statement before Calhoun County Circuit Judge Bud Turner read the sentences, giving him life without parole for each of the two counts of first-degree kidnapping and for one count of first-degree robbery.

During the October trial jurors heard testimony that Norris kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and her friend at gunpoint, robbed his ex-girlfriend of her car, and later forced her to have sex before shooting her in the back of the head.

Turner also ordered Norris to pay $30,000 in fines and $10,841 in restitution.

Norris is serving a 20-year prison sentence at the Kilby Correctional Facility, after his probation on a previous rape conviction was revoked because of his latest charges.