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

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@Niki I'm so glad I can help :) I work from home (web designer and computer tech) so I just stream to one of my monitors. Keeps my day interesting.

by rheba 5/28/2015 5:31:08 PM
Dr. Reid explains "DSM 4 and 5" - updated versions of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual," which is used to help diagnose patients.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 5:32:03 PM
@Rheba...me too but this trial is making it hard for me to do two things at once. It is so compelling

by Niki C 5/28/2015 5:32:35 PM
Prosecutor after asking Dr. Reid where he has served as an expert: "Are you not saying 'the whole world' because I didn't include Antarctica?"

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 5:33:51 PM
DSM4 and 5 is the golden reference, specifically

by Harold Finch 5/28/2015 5:33:59 PM
@Niki LOL, that's the truth!

by rheba 5/28/2015 5:34:01 PM
Get him some water

by noodle 5/28/2015 5:34:02 PM
I read this morning that 90% of jurys side with independent expert witnesses.

by Ann 5/28/2015 5:34:10 PM
can't stand the cotton mouth

by noodle 5/28/2015 5:34:13 PM
Since JH is a pretty smart person, I would think that he would be able to and probably did, research the DSM4 and DSM5 in order to be able to maximize his insanity defense.....

by Tired 5/28/2015 5:34:57 PM
Lol @Noodle

by AMeeMan 5/28/2015 5:34:58 PM
Hubby is wanting me to go help him in the garden...Really? He is going to have to wait until lunch break. LOL

by Jaclyn Green 5/28/2015 5:35:12 PM
He has water in front of him.

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 5:36:53 PM
@Tired. Indeed....

by Harold Finch 5/28/2015 5:36:54 PM
Wow this guy has a lot of credentials. This is good stuff. Gonna be tough to try and discredit him.

by Angela Freeman 5/28/2015 5:36:56 PM
At least he's very well spoken.. I had to watch a little video on my break

by KP 5/28/2015 5:36:57 PM
No objections from the defense about Dr. Reid's classification as an expert witness.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 5:37:38 PM
@Tired, from everything we've seen and heard so far, especially the notebook, I would agree with you that JH did do his research.

by Liz 5/28/2015 5:37:40 PM
WATER! =-}

by Leah Ryan 5/28/2015 5:37:46 PM
@Angela, you know the DT will do everything they can to discredit him and I say.....good luck with that!

by Liz 5/28/2015 5:38:58 PM
I like how well he answers the questions. It nice to not hear objection every 5 seconds

by AMeeMan 5/28/2015 5:38:59 PM
Smart move King!

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 5:39:00 PM
@ Tired The defendant's notebook was very likely sent to "muddy the waters" to allow a possible defense, having done his homework and completed doing "the math".

by Harold Finch 5/28/2015 5:39:02 PM
@Tired reading the DSM might help him "act" that way but if he truly does not have Schizophrenia an MRI would show that...so that you can not fake

by Niki C 5/28/2015 5:39:03 PM
13 times he has been hired by Defense lawyers. Damning this time.

by NT8 5/28/2015 5:39:04 PM
@jaclyn green If my Dad told my Mom she has to wait for him to help in the yard, she would drag him out by his ear! You're brave! :-)

by Penguins219 5/28/2015 5:39:26 PM
Lol, AND....we have water.

by Kristle 5/28/2015 5:39:28 PM
That is not to say, he is not culpable and didn't know right from wrong.

by Niki C 5/28/2015 5:39:30 PM
Agree about the notebook. I looked through it and to me it looks like something that was written with the intent that someone (investigators, perhaps) would read it after the shooting.

by Angela Freeman 5/28/2015 5:39:31 PM
With what the judge said, what is the advantage to having him be an expert witness.

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 5:41:58 PM
BAZINGA!!!!!

by Robin 5/28/2015 5:41:59 PM
- Quote
Dr. Reid: "Whatever he suffered from did not stop him from from forming the intent, and knowing what he was doing and the consequences."

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 5:42:22 PM
DT didn't like that...not at all!!! LOL!!!

by Robin 5/28/2015 5:42:23 PM
@Niki So far the evidence shows he knew what is right and wrong, he just didn't empathize or care.

by Harold Finch 5/28/2015 5:42:24 PM
The nice silence was nice when we had it.

by Suzanne 5/28/2015 5:42:25 PM
Oh snap! He just testified he wasn't insane when he massacred all the people, am I right?

by Kristle 5/28/2015 5:42:27 PM
If anyone can handle King, I put my trust in AC!

by NT8 5/28/2015 5:42:33 PM
First time Spengler used a computer. She got to day 20!

by Kristle 5/28/2015 5:43:34 PM
Yup,,,HE WASN'T INSANE...

by Robin 5/28/2015 5:43:39 PM
@Suzanne The Judge will say the same about any experts regardless of which side they are on.

by Abrandt 5/28/2015 5:43:41 PM
@ Niki -- Did not know that. I'm not in this field. So this is very interesting to me. I was a fighter pilot but was always interested in Case law.

by Tired 5/28/2015 5:43:44 PM
@Phil or Anica: can you recap that last bit? I missed it!!

by FMM 5/28/2015 5:43:46 PM
@FMM: There was a long list of Dr. Reid's qualifications to establish him as an expert witness. Dr. Reid said, "Whatever he suffered from did not stop him from from forming the intent, and knowing what he was doing and the consequences." And the defense asked to approach.

by anica.padilla 5/28/2015 5:44:33 PM
BOOM!

by BV 5/28/2015 5:44:35 PM
Not looking good AT ALL for the DT!!

by Kristle 5/28/2015 5:44:37 PM