Theater shooting trial day 14: Expect CSI evidence testimony to resume

We expect the fourth week of the Aurora movie theater shooting trial to resume with Aurora Police Department Crime Scene Investigator Maria Pettolina, whose testimony was interrupted Thursday afternoon after she presented seat-by-seat ballistic impact evidence from the theater.

3rd & 7 37yd

This is the question the judge was left with over the long weekend:
Theater shooting trial: Judge considers whether to allow video from ambulance bay of hospital
7NEWSProsecutors was the jury to see surveillance video from the ambulance bay at University Hospital.

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 1:44:59 PM
Just finished another round of updates for the case timeline:
7NEWS Denver | Timeline of the Aurora movie theater shooting and trial of James Holmes | The Denver Channel | KMGH-TV
A complete timeline from the way the attack on the Century 16 theater was allegedly planned through the trial of James Holmes.

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 2:25:35 PM
What did I miss Thursday? My son had a field trip.

by Joey 5/18/2015 2:29:26 PM
@Joey: 1st half of the day was the CSI. 2nd half was 3 survivors, a Google rep who prepared some evidence

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 2:29:57 PM
Oh ok

by Joey 5/18/2015 2:32:46 PM
Morning Phil, Joey....hope your weekend was restful.....

by Valm46 5/18/2015 2:33:02 PM
It was good. How about yours?

by Joey 5/18/2015 2:34:17 PM
Joey.....chores and stuff....being retired means every day is a weekend...lol

by Valm46 5/18/2015 2:40:49 PM
wow

by Abbie Luber 5/18/2015 3:27:11 PM
- Judge's Order
Both items admitted

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:28:20 PM
Fragment found at row 8 seat 13. Also found ticket stubs

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:28:37 PM
1 overrule 0 sustained!!

by Joey 5/18/2015 3:29:21 PM
Next set of items, also from theater 8

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:29:35 PM
ticket stubs were the objected to evidence.... Strange.

by NT8 5/18/2015 3:30:04 PM
Fragments found in hallway and crawl space

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:30:18 PM
why is evdence for the trial thats shows what happened in the theater

by Abbie Luber 5/18/2015 3:32:54 PM
Anybody know what Movie was being shown in Theater 8?

by NT8 5/18/2015 3:32:58 PM
@NT8: Same movie. Several theaters were showing it that night

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:33:19 PM
For those of you keeping score, we're up to 12 impact points in theater 8 so far

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:34:34 PM
Constant buffering frustrating me, back when I can find a better connection.

by KP 5/18/2015 3:35:19 PM
@Phil, Thanks, the only thing I could think of was 624 being Dark Night Rising Theater tickets, in theater 8, as 9 was showing it also.

by NT8 5/18/2015 3:35:21 PM
Chunk of removed wall shown to the jury

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:35:55 PM
Wall items from theater 8 have "perforating holes"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:37:51 PM
Perforation holes= Exit holes.

by NT8 5/18/2015 3:39:32 PM
Recall that Mr. Holmes wanted his ticket specifically for theater 9? He originally was getting a ticket (online) for theater 8 (the other theater also showing the same movie at the same time.) He had to retry until he got his ticket for theater 9.

by klincos 5/18/2015 3:40:03 PM
@klincos: Actually, the ticket he finally printed was NOT for theater 9... it was for theater 8... he just walked into 9. (That is based on the preliminary hearing testimony)

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:40:33 PM
No more questions from the prosecution. No cross.

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:40:47 PM
- Quote
Pearson "After three days, no further questions"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:41:23 PM
YAY this is over....

by NT8 5/18/2015 3:41:36 PM
Jury questions being discussed now at the bench

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:41:49 PM
Ok, so do they have the actual bullets from #8, either from still in the wall or from victims, tested for prints to prove came from him/ his guns? If not, don't understand what any of this has to do with the charges!

by Valm46 5/18/2015 3:42:44 PM
Yes, I do believe that is true and may have been the only two showing the film at that time, vs. "several" .. thank you.

by klincos 5/18/2015 3:42:55 PM
Maria is going to exit and do a little "I'm done" dance,

by KP 5/18/2015 3:42:56 PM
@Valm46: They do have the fragments, but even if they don't confirm which weapon fired all of them, they needed to present this from both theaters because people in both theaters were wounded. Also to lay foundation for any trajectory testimony that may follow later.

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:44:22 PM
Bullets normally do not retain Prints, As they pass thru things.

by NT8 5/18/2015 3:44:54 PM
Pettolina: Defines difference of projectile and fragment that projectile includes the tip of the bullet shape

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:45:51 PM
Pettolina excused for now, defense asks her to remain under subpoena

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:46:10 PM
Pearson asks to publish the evidence items to the jury.

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:46:27 PM
JH is looking straight in the camera a lot. I wonder if it was a topic of discussion, for whatever reason, over the weekend.

by Kristle 5/18/2015 3:54:03 PM
They still have yet to tie the bullets to the guns Via Stridations, or hammer impacts. That will take a while also.

by NT8 5/18/2015 3:54:05 PM
I went to the movies for the 1st time this weekend since. I have to say it was weird. We had a guy in the back of the theater yell about the commercial and I was trying to decide, do I leave??? But what was more disturbing is a preview that is coming out July 17th 2015 called Mr. Holmes (about Sherlock Holmes) Timing is really bad.

by Suzanne 5/18/2015 3:54:11 PM
I think JH is just trying to figure out where he is half the time, he is so sedated it seems. He's been so sedated from day 1 I'm really interested in what would happen if he wasn't sedated.

by Me 5/18/2015 3:59:01 PM
I went to the movies quite a few times after this and thought absolutely nothing of it until this trial started. I went this weekend as well and was wary of people sitting alone, people looking around, etc.

by KP 5/18/2015 3:59:06 PM
NT. that's more of what I meant....prints was the wrong word I used.....

by Valm46 5/18/2015 3:59:09 PM
From Pettolina's testimony earlier, inside of theater 8

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 3:59:41 PM

Theater shooting trial day 14: Expect CSI evidence testimony to resume

We expect the fourth week of the Aurora movie theater shooting trial to resume with Aurora Police Department Crime Scene Investigator Maria Pettolina, whose testimony was interrupted Thursday afternoon after she presented seat-by-seat ballistic impact evidence from the theater.

Theater shooting trial: Judge considers whether to allow video from ambulance bay of hospital

7NEWS Denver | Timeline of the Aurora movie theater shooting and trial of James Holmes | The Denver Channel | KMGH-TV