Movie theater shooting trial day 12: Testimony about evidence found in trash will resume

When testimony begins Wednesday morning in the trial of James Holmes, a former FBI agent will return to the stand to discuss the evidence collected from trash outside the apartment building at 1690 Paris St.

3rd & 7 37yd

Sather: Defendant was dressed normally, no hygiene issues

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:38:16 PM
@S33 - People are discussing their observations and thoughts. That's going to happen here in the moderated chat...

by Angela Freeman 5/13/2015 4:38:20 PM
Was Holmes only in his first year of study when this happened?

by Sue 5/13/2015 4:38:21 PM
@Sue: end of that 1st year

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:38:29 PM
- Cross-examination starts
No more questions from DA. Higgs to cross examine

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:38:43 PM
Thank you, Phil

by Sue 5/13/2015 4:39:02 PM
@jj i watched the rest of yesterday's proceedings on youtube through my tv and read some of the comments over there.. were you the one that said it was a mess the other day? because it definitely is! yikes.

by sydnijmm 5/13/2015 4:39:06 PM
Higgs asks to see the schedule exhibit again

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:39:19 PM
What month did JH drop out of CU?

by Victoria 5/13/2015 4:40:16 PM
@syd Yes!

by jj1114 5/13/2015 4:40:17 PM
Sather: Says he made guest lecture in another class defendant took, but doesn't remember seeing him there.

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:40:45 PM
@Angela: Oh, sorry. I didn't realize that. Maybe I should try it out.

by S33 5/13/2015 4:41:02 PM
@Victoria......I thought May

by Valm46 5/13/2015 4:41:47 PM
Withdrawal from the program was after the June 7 exam

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:42:25 PM
@s33 we don't always hate on the defense. they are just wearing on everyone's nerves lately. and i don't think we're really hating on them... you'll find a lot more hate over in the youtube comments.

by sydnijmm 5/13/2015 4:42:28 PM
I don't know if anyone can answer this but when they speak of "rotation" does that mean periods of time actually doing research? I don't understand the term in relation to his studies.

by Sue 5/13/2015 4:42:36 PM
@Sue: The lab rotation was three periods of three months in three different labs. The students spend time in each, the idea being to get to know the areas of possible research for their future thesis

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:43:44 PM
He said "I can read what you can read". Did that sound bad?

by Suzanne 5/13/2015 4:43:51 PM
JH met with his mentor and told him he was dropping out. He had no emotion about it, didn't have the orange hair so I think it was in May or June.

by Kristle 5/13/2015 4:43:57 PM
@Sue I think that is correct. They have to spend a number of hours doing lab rotations for the program.

by Joey 5/13/2015 4:44:15 PM
I always thought the term rotation was different lab studies, but welcome clarity to what it actually means.

by Kristle 5/13/2015 4:44:42 PM
I think his answer was appropriately funny

by MAS 5/13/2015 4:45:12 PM
@Suzanne I don't think so, did you the annoyance in his voice!

by Joey 5/13/2015 4:45:25 PM
I was thinking that perhaps each rotation was a specific type of research with a different professor.

by Sue 5/13/2015 4:46:03 PM
@Suzanne - It sure seemed to annoy the attorney lol.

by Angela Freeman 5/13/2015 4:46:05 PM
Sather: Confirms to Higgs there is no list of expectation given to students

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:46:43 PM
Seems to me, JH was spending all of his "funding" on his little "July 20th project".

by FMM 5/13/2015 4:47:24 PM
I really don't understand the cross from the DT.

by Suzanne 5/13/2015 4:47:27 PM
great observation FMM...lol

by MAS 5/13/2015 4:49:16 PM
i've always thought it was a given in programs like neuro that you either get it or you don't. if they get it they know what's expected of them and if they don't, it's probably better that they don't so they can't BS their way through it.

by sydnijmm 5/13/2015 4:49:18 PM
@Suzanne I don't think anyone ever does when they talk to the professors!

by Joey 5/13/2015 4:49:20 PM
agreed @ Suzanne, Ill prepared

by MAS 5/13/2015 4:49:21 PM
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Sather: "We try to ask questions that they can definitely answer"

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:49:42 PM
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Sather: "We don't want our students to fail. We don't want them to be traumatized, so we've worked to make these - what we thought would be more effective."

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:50:37 PM
@Suzanne - I agree. She seems at a loss for coherent thought with this witness

by NH 5/13/2015 4:50:39 PM
Higgs says Sather told a detective the defendant became "increasingly scattered" through the exam

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:50:59 PM
Is she trying the Poor student give em a break routine?

by NT8 5/13/2015 4:51:13 PM
I agree with whoever said that they seem to be going for the psychotic break, so establishing some "sane" behavior and then a break.

by jj1114 5/13/2015 4:51:35 PM
Defendant could only "scratch the surface" of information on the exam

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:51:47 PM
Increasingly scattered?? Not good response.

by Suzanne 5/13/2015 4:52:47 PM
I don't think that the DT prepared well for these professors! @NT8 It kind of sounds like it.

by Joey 5/13/2015 4:52:48 PM
Topic of second question was the ear. Defendant answered with the anatomy of the organ, but that isn't what the question was about and the anatomy he described was not related. "We were interested in the brain's circuitry." "It was difficult for the examiner to direct him to the guts of the question"

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:52:49 PM
Sounds like the defense is trying to say the exams are easy and that JH failed it and reminding the witness JH was scattered and therefore feeds into the insanity plea.

by Kristle 5/13/2015 4:53:06 PM
@Krystl. Oh yes, that's exactly what she's doing!

by Valm46 5/13/2015 4:54:33 PM
Sather: committee was told to confine questioning to certain areas, before second exam

by Phil Tenser 5/13/2015 4:54:45 PM