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

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Kelly Bowen: "he just stood there with his legs spread apart"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:46:38 PM
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Kelly Bowen: "He was observing us" "He stood there and stared for a moment"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:46:58 PM
- Objection
Kelly Bowen is asked what do you recall about the shooter? She answers "Intent"... "I felt determination from the individual." Defense interrupts with an objection

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:48:43 PM
Question rephrased to what do you remember him wearing: Black clothing, covered head, straps across his chest, boots

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:49:41 PM
Will be sustained IMHO.

by NT8 5/18/2015 7:49:42 PM
Strange witness testimony...

by tyfhdfh 5/18/2015 7:49:43 PM
AUGH!! Now why can't she say "she felt?" She didn't way "he was". Sometime I just don't get it. sigh

by FMM 5/18/2015 7:50:07 PM
King is on it today!! This is the most I have seen him participate.

by Joey 5/18/2015 7:50:08 PM
Kelly Bowen: Very emotional on the stand. Samour pauses to explain what she is allowed to say, and what she is not allowed to say.

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:50:10 PM
Kelly Bowen: She says the gunman's movement were "back and forth," and "searching"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:50:39 PM
More like the PT is not on their game at all today, Did not prepare the witnesses very well apparently.

by NT8 5/18/2015 7:52:41 PM
King is really the only hope the defense has in my opinion

by tyfhdfh 5/18/2015 7:52:42 PM
Because there's been so many other witnesses, I don't recall anyone else testifying that they saw him standing there with his legs spread apart and observing people.

by Liz 5/18/2015 7:52:43 PM
Samour says the answers that were objected to must be disregarded by the jury

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:52:58 PM
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Kelly Bowen: Calls movements "sporadic"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:53:19 PM
Kelly Bowen: says she saw the shotgun first, could see shooter holding it

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:53:31 PM
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Kelly Bowen: "It was about mid-chest" "Both hands"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:53:58 PM
You can hear the fear in her voice.

by Abrandt 5/18/2015 7:54:07 PM
Does prosecution work with their witnesses before calling them to testify? This girl seems very unprepared or maybe it's just nerves.

by AJS 5/18/2015 7:54:12 PM
@Abrandt I would be too.

by Joey 5/18/2015 7:54:59 PM
@Liz-- I believe she was sitting really close to where the shooter entered, and that's how she noticed all of this. Most other people (aside from a few others) were absorbed in the movie and didn't notice anything until the canister was thrown in the air, and then they only saw him while he was shooting.

by proph 5/18/2015 7:55:20 PM
@Nt8 I agree. But it does seem like King is the best on the DT.

by Joey 5/18/2015 7:55:22 PM
Also her vague answers are... odd?

by proph 5/18/2015 7:55:27 PM
This poor young lady... she's beyond terrified and doing the best she can. I don't think any amount of prep would help. She's being very literal to try and hold it together in order to be as helpful as she can.

by Penguins219 5/18/2015 7:56:27 PM
Kelly Bowen: Says her family owns weapons, is familiar with shotgun, rifle and handgun. Based on that knowledge, she says shooter was using the rifle after the shotgun

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:56:59 PM
Kelly Bowen: Grabbed boxer and crouched down

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:57:53 PM
@proph, I didn't think about her sitting very close to where he was.

by Liz 5/18/2015 7:57:55 PM
Did this girl not get down at all? How the heck did she see all this

by tyfhdfh 5/18/2015 7:58:13 PM
The Defense needs to tread lightly with the victims, Juries tend to not like it when innocent victims are treated harshly.

by Abrandt 5/18/2015 7:58:40 PM
Kelly Bowen: Says someone yelled to go to exit at top of the stairs. She says shooter disappeared behind partition toward theater entrance. She lost sight of him

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 7:59:26 PM
@tyfhdfh I agree but some people are better to detail than others.

by Joey 5/18/2015 7:59:28 PM
@Liz--- Minor details, I know lol. But I'm not entirely sure, they haven't had her point out where she was yet.

by proph 5/18/2015 8:00:21 PM
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Kelly Bowen: Says someone picked her up and threw her into the seats. "I wasn't sure that we were going to make it out at that point" Boxer found her in the seats

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:00:55 PM
Kelly Bowen: Says that she was thrown into seats. her back slammed down on to the seats. Boxer grabbed her hand and strap of her purse

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:01:24 PM
It must be really hard to be so close to JH for some of these survivors and victims.

by ask 5/18/2015 8:01:25 PM
Kelly Bowen: Tried to dial 911 from top of the stairs. It was busy.

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:01:38 PM
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Kelly Bowen: "Somebody had not made it by the trash can"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:02:06 PM
This PT is asking questions that are making the witness "Speculate" Will get blown out every time King objects.

by NT8 5/18/2015 8:02:23 PM
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Kelly Bowen: "I kept tripping on the stairs because there were shoes and flip flops of people who had just left them behind"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:02:25 PM
Kelly Bowen: Outside the theater, they drove away and past several police cars

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:02:54 PM
- Objection
King objects to question about if she Bowen observed injuries on her body after getting home

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:03:35 PM
@Phil, Have the Legal Beagle explain 602 when he gets a chance Please.

by NT8 5/18/2015 8:04:39 PM
@NT8: We'll ask!

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:04:44 PM
Thanks Phil, I think that will clear a lot of the questions up about the Objections here.

by NT8 5/18/2015 8:05:44 PM
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Kelly Bowen: "We inspected ourselves for injury and found that we were covered in blood that was not our own"

by Phil Tenser 5/18/2015 8:06:04 PM