Aurora movie theater shooting trial day 20: Videotaped interviews with gunman to be played in court

Day 20 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. Today, prosecutors plan to question state-appointed psychiatrist Dr. William Reid to the stand and play videotaped interviews between the doctor and the gunman. During the course of the trial, prosecutors will argue that Holmes, the admitted gunman, was sane when he went into the midnight premiere of the Dark Knight Rises in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and opened fire on the audience, killing 12 and wounding 70. His defense attorneys will try to spare Holmes’ life by arguing that he was insane. 7NEWS and TheDenverChannel.com will have gavel to gavel coverage of the trial starting at 8:15 a.m. (MST) everyday and ending around 5:30 p.m. (MST) Watch new live video on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/7NewsDenver/live Additional resources:LIVE VIDEO & BLOG: http://bit.ly/theatertrialTIMELINE of the case: http://bit.ly/theatertimelineJURY PROFILE: http://bit.ly/theaterjury CONTINUING COVERAGE: http://bit.ly/theatercoverage

3rd & 7 37yd

Lucas Smith attended the movie with his wife.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:14:29 PM
Defense asks to approach after prosecution asks Lucas Smith to move to the model of the theater.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:14:58 PM
King was looking odd at the witness.

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 3:15:05 PM
@Tammy lol ty

by Abrandt 5/28/2015 3:16:05 PM
Oh brother, this will be a lot of approaching the bench day. The DT loves to eat the PT time.

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 3:19:10 PM
Is the feed zoomed? Or will it be zoomed when the video starts? Hard for me to tell.

by RWalk 5/28/2015 3:19:12 PM
The witness acts like he's at a picnic, drinking his water.

by Kristle 5/28/2015 3:19:13 PM
@RWalk: We will zoom in when video is shown on the monitor.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:19:34 PM
@ldalton several of the legal experts have attributed it to they're defense strategy.

by sydnijmm 5/28/2015 3:19:37 PM
The poor jury is probably thinking, "we haven't even been in here 5 minutes and already an objection!?!?!??!"

by FMM 5/28/2015 3:20:00 PM
Lucas Smith describes where he was sitting - about 4 rows up in the stadium seating area.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:20:38 PM
Wow the witness was sitting up close.

by Kristle 5/28/2015 3:20:39 PM
oops. their** changed my whole sentence and forgot to fix that.

by sydnijmm 5/28/2015 3:20:41 PM
*survivor

by Kristle 5/28/2015 3:21:44 PM
- Quote
Lucas Smith: "I The sound of gunfire stopped and so I took that opportunity to stand up, grab my wife and run out."

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:22:35 PM
Lucas Smith: "I guess when I was running out... I felt pain in my leg I guess. And then got in the car to drive away and that's when I saw the wounds."

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:24:01 PM
Lucas Smith had 8 buckshot pellets in the right thigh. He and his wife drove to Children's Hospital.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:24:34 PM
- Judge's Order
Defense objects to photo of injuries, judge overrules.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:25:59 PM
He seems uninterested.

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 3:26:22 PM
It looks like this witness is staring down the Defendant

by Abrandt 5/28/2015 3:26:24 PM
Strike three Spengler your out.

by NT8 5/28/2015 3:26:41 PM
Why is the PT doing this at this time?

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 3:26:43 PM
Today we expect to see and hear how the gunman behaved during one of his sanity evaluations after the shooting. The video is 22 hours long and was taped over a period of 5 days.
MORE: bit.ly

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:26:49 PM
- New Witness
Prosecution calls Michael White to the stand. Prosecutor holds him by the arm as he walks up. Deputies stood between him and the gunman.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:28:14 PM
@Suzanne- do what?

by Victoria 5/28/2015 3:28:50 PM
Is it professional to touch the witnesses as they enter and exit the CR?

by Resa 5/28/2015 3:28:52 PM
wow guards standing right by him the whole time-

by BV 5/28/2015 3:28:53 PM
@Suzanne They have so many victims that they have to get in

by Abrandt 5/28/2015 3:28:54 PM
Michael White, Jr. was shot in the shoulder and the left calf. He had broken ribs and a punctured lung.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:29:06 PM
Whoa. Why the heavy escort to the witness stand?

by RWalk 5/28/2015 3:29:08 PM
I wonder if this witness is currently incarcerated? As the Court Officers walked him to the witness stand...

by Robin 5/28/2015 3:29:17 PM
Another one?

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 3:29:18 PM
Will be no 3D for this one I am betting.

by NT8 5/28/2015 3:31:06 PM
@BV: I noticed that too, he was escorted to the stand by the PT so wondering if he's currently incarcerated.

by Kristle 5/28/2015 3:31:07 PM
The court has more officers than normal this morning.

by Joey 5/28/2015 3:31:08 PM
PT lawyer has escorted some of the witnesses in. I think it may be a comfort measure, but we haven't had a sheriff stand by before.

by DocJ 5/28/2015 3:32:42 PM
Maybe the last witness threatened to hurt JH...

by Robin 5/28/2015 3:32:43 PM
Maybe the witness has made threats against JH and they believe witness capable of carrying out the threat?

by DocJ 5/28/2015 3:32:44 PM
That was weird no officers walked out with him though.

by Joey 5/28/2015 3:32:47 PM
He may have made statements of wanting revenge on JH.

by NT8 5/28/2015 3:32:48 PM
Why aren't the names appearing as a banner as each survivor testifies?

by Kristle 5/28/2015 3:33:06 PM
Shooting survivor Michael White was escorted to and from the witness stand and a second deputy stood between him and the gunman during his testimony.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:34:09 PM
I wonder if last witness made some kind of public threat towards defendant?

by RWalk 5/28/2015 3:34:12 PM
@anica - When the court has previously shown video/audio of interviews, the audio is muffled and hard to make out. Do you know if you all will have a more clear audio version or any kind of closed captioning verbiage on the screen?

by Leah Ryan 5/28/2015 3:34:30 PM
@LeahRyan: I believe the audio will be clearer because the interviews were done in a room set up specifically for recording. We do not have closed captioning available because we do not have a transcript.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 3:36:04 PM