Aurora movie theater shooting trial day 40: Defense may introduce new jail video

Day 40 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. 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, Colorado, 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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The rest of the note said "because I want to keep it under my pillow". Weird.

by Kristle 6/30/2015 7:53:15 PM

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I wouldn't either!

by Tammy Garrison 6/30/2015 7:53:24 PM

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What on earth did the DT hope to get from that testimony?

by flip 6/30/2015 7:53:26 PM

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Agreed Anica!

by TammyC 6/30/2015 7:53:28 PM

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#luce - I agree completely. I'm a Colorado native and am astonished about some of the opinions and eagerness to execute someone... You think they would be more somber about the tragedy rather than pointing out stupid things.

by Mark 6/30/2015 7:54:06 PM

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Insane is "weird" so stay with the context and gravity of the case!

by Mark 6/30/2015 7:57:16 PM

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People have morbid curiosity. That's why they tore down the house in Cleveland where 3 ladies were imprisoned for 10 years! People were driving by it taking pictures.

by Kristle 6/30/2015 7:57:17 PM

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- New Witness
Defense calls John Henderson, criminal investigator with the Colorado Attorney General's Office. Formerly worked with the FBI and Homeland Security.

by anica.padilla 6/30/2015 7:59:05 PM

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IMO defense is getting a lot of hearsay evidence admitted.

by Tammy Garrison 6/30/2015 8:01:20 PM

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which pt witness was it that wouldn't answer any of the dt's questions and refused their calls and whatnot?

by blue 6/30/2015 8:01:26 PM

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Thanks for catching that, Victoria. You are correct.

by anica.padilla 6/30/2015 8:29:40 PM

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So now the defense is impeaching the PT's witnesses???

by Dennie Carp 6/30/2015 8:30:10 PM

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I can see King calling the 2 officers in the courtroom to the stand "have you noticed anything unusual about Mr. Holmes as he sits in this courtroom? Were you observing him?"

by Kristle 6/30/2015 8:30:11 PM

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Devonte I would like to keep race out of this conversation. All lives matter.

by anica.padilla 6/30/2015 8:31:02 PM

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maybe he was confused because he had little sleep and not used to being in jail and having to go to court

by mandi 6/30/2015 8:31:34 PM

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*thud* -- King's joke.

by Lynn 6/30/2015 8:32:24 PM

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Defense is now playing an 11-minute video of the gunman's 1st court appearance.

by anica.padilla 6/30/2015 8:35:09 PM

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Video time!

by NT8 6/30/2015 8:36:15 PM

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I'm sure that DT conference before going into court told him - look crazy..

by mandi 6/30/2015 8:36:20 PM

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My favorite days have been when Braucler's direct has been followed directly with King's. Brauc gets up there, no notes, perfectly articulate, follows answers with perfect questions (usually) and doesn't miss a beat or any opportunities. Then King gets up there, reads constantly from his notes and can still barely get sentences out without "um, ums" and pauses to orient himself. I find it oddly amusing, but awesome to watch someone of Braucler's caliber.

by Loz 6/30/2015 8:36:34 PM

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Stand by the Zoom Anica!

by NT8 6/30/2015 8:36:35 PM

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who is the lady next to him in the video?

by Tara 6/30/2015 8:36:41 PM

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I remember this. He was SO out of it.

by Ruby 6/30/2015 8:36:43 PM

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When was this appearance?

by TammyC 6/30/2015 8:36:55 PM

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Every screen shot in main stream media came from this footage.

by Mark (the real one) 6/30/2015 8:37:27 PM

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I think he was medicated

by Sun David 6/30/2015 8:37:30 PM

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Isn't this available publicly, with sound? Do you have it, @7News?

by Lynn 6/30/2015 8:37:36 PM

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and the point of this by the DT is to make jh look insane

by NT8 6/30/2015 8:37:39 PM

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Mark, my supervisor's name is Phil Tenser. You can contact him now at philip.tenser@kmgh.com or by calling 303.832.0200.

by anica.padilla 6/30/2015 8:38:54 PM

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did anyone get a tox screen at this time?

by did anyone get a tox screen... 6/30/2015 8:39:28 PM

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@ Mandi, how exactly does one "look crazy"?

by V for Victory 6/30/2015 8:39:32 PM

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complete and utter waste of time here.

by NT8 6/30/2015 8:39:39 PM

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this video is pointless

by Tara 6/30/2015 8:40:39 PM

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I feel for that poor officer that is sitting at the base of the screen. He looks like he is more tired than Holmes does in the video.

by vt 6/30/2015 8:43:01 PM

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JH is probably falling asleep in,the video

by Tjq 6/30/2015 8:43:08 PM

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if the defense felt he was acting strange during the hearing they could have started to put him on medication then and not waited 5 months

by bob 6/30/2015 8:43:14 PM

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All this is telling me is that he hasn't slept for 3 days

by TLR 6/30/2015 8:43:17 PM

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I'm sure he demonstrated some PTSD by this time after what he had done.

by Tammy Garrison 6/30/2015 8:43:19 PM

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Not insane just sleepy!

by Tjq 6/30/2015 8:43:38 PM

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don't understand what this video has anything to do with him being insane. He still has Red hair and he is medicated. this was on the News way back when it first happened

by Sheri Reining 6/30/2015 8:43:42 PM

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was there anything connecting him to the guns like gun shot residue on his hands, DNA on the actual weapons themselves? anything like that?

by wonderbread 6/30/2015 8:43:44 PM

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He looks bored and tired and medicated not insane

by Sheri Reining 6/30/2015 8:44:07 PM

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wasn't there testimony that he was not medicated until November and remember he is a master manipulator.... actually he just looks like sleepy from not having a comfy bed

by mandi 6/30/2015 8:44:16 PM

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I think the point is that JH wasn't looking around, but he was totally out of it and had trouble to keep his eyes open.

by Sun David 6/30/2015 8:44:20 PM

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I think a 2 minute clip of this would suffice.

by MyraJ 6/30/2015 8:44:29 PM

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