Aurora movie theater shooting trial day 33: Prosecution expected to call remaining victims

Day 33 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. In the next few days, prosecutors are expected to call the remaining victims who have not testified. 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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@Angela--I don't think so. Being found to be legally insane would specifically mean that Holmes was not responsible (i.e., guilty) for his actions.

by flip 6/17/2015 6:16:53 PM
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McKayla Hicks: "At first we thought they were firecrackers or fireworks."

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:17:13 PM
McKayla Hicks was hit, tried to leave through the main double doors with her two friends, but a young man told them to stay inside the theater because they didn't know where the gunman was.

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:18:27 PM
death of President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary James S. Brady has been ruled a homicide resulting from the gunshot wound he suffered in the assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981, more than three decades ago.

The ruling was made by the medical examiner’s office in Virginia, where Brady, 73, died in an Alexandria retirement community, and was announced Friday by Gwendolyn Crump, the D.C. police department’s chief spokeswoman.

by LG 6/17/2015 6:19:08 PM
McKayla Hicks says she went to the back exit of Theater 8, saw victims and tried to re-enter Theater 8. They knocked and someone let them back in.

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:19:49 PM
Hicks: "I remember my friend Lori pulling a fire alarm. A man gave me his jacket to wipe off my face."

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:20:23 PM
there is an article on cnn that talks about how brady's death was ruled a homicide.

by blue 6/17/2015 6:21:50 PM
Bad objection strategy, Spengler--just because you can object doesn't mean you have to....if I were on jury I'd want to hear everything the victim wants to say about her experience.

by flip 6/17/2015 6:21:51 PM
Why can't she comment on what she saw outside without the defense objecting?

by mdesignz 6/17/2015 6:23:24 PM
The point I am trying to make is... J Hinckley was not a mass murderer. As J. Holmes was. I have No interest in debating history...Different set of circumstances. J. Holmes will never see the light of day again.

by mama d 6/17/2015 6:23:27 PM
@keeter you got that right. i wonder if she informed JH that the meds might make his condition even worse by manifesting thought into action? She could have been following him closely, but hey, not on her time, even with homocidal thoughts.

by okx 6/17/2015 6:23:30 PM
@ mama d
Former White House press secretary James Brady's death this week was directly related to wounds he sustained in the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, and authorities are now investigating it as a homicide, police told CNN on Friday.

by NT8 6/17/2015 6:23:35 PM
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McKayla Hicks: "The bullet was lodged in the left side of my face. Later it was removed with one of the bottom teeth that had been damaged." She required a bone graft, braces, a second bone graft, a gum graft and a dental implant.

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:25:19 PM
I wish I could get them a new mouse for the witnesses to use.

by Michele 6/17/2015 6:25:21 PM
McKayla Hicks was 17 at the time of the shooting.

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:26:33 PM
why are they objecting so much to this witness?

by Sheri Reining 6/17/2015 6:27:42 PM
Michele .. re: mouse .. if the system is a PC i could reconfigure it for them LOL :)

by klincos 6/17/2015 6:28:05 PM
@mama d he could have been a mass murderer if he'd done what he wanted.. murder is murder, whether it's 1 or 12. can't pick and choose.

by blue 6/17/2015 6:33:53 PM
Awesome Anica---Thanks so much!!

by Tired 6/17/2015 6:33:55 PM
Hicks gave a look towards DT.

by CindyL 6/17/2015 6:34:01 PM
@okx: You've hit on my defense strategy theory: the meds made him "do it".

by Keeter 6/17/2015 6:34:04 PM
Sanctioned killing of a seriously mentally ill person, even if they killed, seems barbaric and the part of a culture without compassion. They want for themselves what they believe he gave them. Revenge. Safety? Then JH,can tell us more about the illness than almost any other person. He is smart, organized, and seemingly responsible unless beyond his conscious or unconscious control

by okx 6/17/2015 6:34:05 PM
Some victims' family members object to the 3-day delay in the trial, Judge Samour says it was unavoidable and reminds prosecution "We're ahead of schedule."

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:35:06 PM
Sheri, I think defense is trying to limit as many comments as possible about any more victim statements. I would guess it is because these statements is what the jury will be left with before defense steps in to do their thing, and that they will have to stew over for 3 extra days.

by Tammy Garrison 6/17/2015 6:35:09 PM
@NT8 let it go -- from Wsh. Post. Federal prosecutors said they will not charge John W. Hinckley Jr. with murder in the shooting of President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary in a 1981 assassination attempt, even though a medical examiner concluded that James S. Brady’s death in August was caused by the old wounds.

The decision, announced Friday by the U.S. attorney for the District, comes four months after a medical examiner decided that Brady’s death at the age of 73 was a direct result of a bullet fired 34 years ago outside the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest.

by mama d 6/17/2015 6:35:19 PM
Bench conference about scheduling... and then lunch. Stay with us to hear from Phil and Rick Kornfeld.

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:35:37 PM
"It is what it is" (judge)- lol

by Jennifer 6/17/2015 6:36:01 PM
Did victims move permanently to Colorado? I love Colorado but if something like that happened to me in another state, my response would absolutely not be to then move to that state.

by Angela Freeman 6/17/2015 6:36:38 PM
@mama d whether or not they charge him is irrelevant. the coroner said the cause of death was homicide.

by blue 6/17/2015 6:36:41 PM
@cindy higgs is DT.

by blue 6/17/2015 6:49:26 PM
King was out of there fast!!!

by Suzanne 6/17/2015 6:49:29 PM
@7news--please ask Rick or Phil, why the judge didnt put the jury in seclusion?

by Tired 6/17/2015 6:49:46 PM
question: hopefully we'll keep it civil-- if you were on the jury, would you go back to your job on the break? or would you just take a vacation?

by sydnijmm 6/17/2015 6:49:49 PM
I meant Sequester the jury....

by Tired 6/17/2015 6:49:51 PM
The Hickley situation is a scary one because he has been caught several times over the years stockpiling Jodi Foster material and doing weird things, but the psychs say he is not a threat anymore. I'm not sure I buy that and the scariest part is, he stops taking his meds and then what?

by Niki C 6/17/2015 6:49:55 PM
If he is found Not Gulity by reason of insanity....can there be an appeal?

by Stephany 6/17/2015 6:49:57 PM
Here's my question for those of you on the we shouldn't kill mentally ill people side of the debate - I have ADHD which would technically mean I am mentally ill. If I go out and commit a mass murder does that mean I shouldn't face execution? I'm not insane but I'm mentally ill. Where do you start to draw the line? There are many mental illnesses that shouldn't be a free pass to avoid the death penalty.

by SMH 6/17/2015 6:50:24 PM
Half time stats: 33 objections, 19 Overrules @ 58% 14 sustained @ 42% On a record pace today.

by NT8 6/17/2015 6:50:25 PM
I LOVE Rick Kornfeld..."a big giant who cares..." and "no one is saying he is a blathering idiot"

by Niki C 6/17/2015 6:50:30 PM
What time do they come back from lunch?? I missed it...........

by spikens_1 6/17/2015 6:50:33 PM
Stay with us during the lunch break to hear from Phil and legal expert Rick Kornfeld.

by anica.padilla 6/17/2015 6:50:39 PM
It does seem redundant to me as several psychiatrists have now testified that just because you are insane it doesn't stop you from performing normal tasks so why they are hammering this point is confusing.

by Unique_1985 6/17/2015 6:53:47 PM
@blue -- I coulda been a rock star if I had a drum.. Again reaching. My point was J.Hinc & J. Hole are totally different. J. Hinc had one target in mind. , J.Hole had mass murder on his mind since he was a child. Hinc will not be treated as J.Hole . He will not see another day as a free man. Thought u moved on... Going to lunch.

by mama d 6/17/2015 6:53:52 PM
Thanks anica! :)

by spikens_1 6/17/2015 6:53:54 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one having trouble understanding the significance of the bank records.

by Tammy Garrison 6/17/2015 6:53:56 PM