Theater shooting trial day 17: The final day of week 4

Prosecutors are now approximately halfway through the presentation of their case in the trial of James Holmes for the Aurora movie theater shooting.

3rd & 7 37yd

I may have missed this conversation below --- why do we think he bought so many tickets?

by Kelsey Murphy 5/21/2015 6:08:44 PM
@KelseyMurphy: Theory is he was trying for aud #9

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:08:54 PM
He purchased more tickets the night of the shootings at the theater. But slid into 9

by NT8 5/21/2015 6:11:03 PM
wow - how come he didn't like the theatre he ended up in?

by Kelsey Murphy 5/21/2015 6:11:04 PM
@NT8 thanks!

by Suzanne 5/21/2015 6:11:05 PM
Serafini asked by jury if all tickets are for the same theater?

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:11:42 PM
Serafini doesn't know if all tickets are for theater 8

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:12:00 PM
@Kelsey, He had scoped out Theater9 and knew the layout.

by NT8 5/21/2015 6:12:02 PM
Serafini says customer can pick the showtime they want

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:12:11 PM
Love that movie! My Cousin Vinny! They say it's used by some colleges to show proper courtroom procedure. I think about that movie sometimes when reading comments about addressing the Judge. In the movie the. Judge says "You will rise when you speak to me".

by Kristle 5/21/2015 6:12:13 PM
on 2nd and 3rd purchases, Serafini says both were aud #8

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:12:28 PM
Was it noted that they found a ticket stub for the movie Brave for Century 16 theater? Perhaps he was casing the theater during that movie?
@Kelsey: all of his plans involved theater 9, his car was parked right outside that theater, not theater 8.

by Stephany 5/21/2015 6:12:30 PM
Can the witness hear the discussion between judge and the attorneys?

by Bs 5/21/2015 6:13:07 PM
@Bs: nope

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:13:11 PM
If I remember correctly T 8 was 12:01 T 9 was 12:05. Based on previous testimony

by NT8 5/21/2015 6:15:49 PM
Super exciting! Teeheehee

by Stephany 5/21/2015 6:19:30 PM
@Stephany: I think he bought the Brave movie ticket as either a trial to buy tickets OR he attended the movie and did case the theater he wanted. I wonder if they have video of THAT.

by Kristle 5/21/2015 6:19:31 PM
Whats for lunch guys?

by Stephany 5/21/2015 6:19:32 PM
My Cousin Vinny "Are you mocking me with that...getup?" "Mocking you? No, I'm not mocking you Judge".

by Kristle 5/21/2015 6:19:33 PM
I think he wanted Theater 9 because it had more people, but not sure, but that would show up in his search on his computer if he researched the theater. IMO he wanted theater 9 because it was on the end, the layout he liked for whatever psychological reasons.

by Kristle 5/21/2015 6:27:20 PM
Theatre 8&9 I think have the same amount because they are both IMAX

by Joey 5/21/2015 6:33:04 PM
@Joey: just to be totally accurate neither was Imax and neither is now. I think they are now the other large format xd i think they call it

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:33:42 PM
It will be interesting to see if they can link which theater he did choose to premeditation such as he chose it because of the exits, where his car was, etc.

by catherine 5/21/2015 6:41:15 PM
Have they said what that symbol means?

by FMM 5/21/2015 6:41:15 PM
@FMM: Nope

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:41:19 PM
going to walk away a bit to get food and type out a story. back to talk soon!

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 6:41:45 PM
@Phil thank you. I know that those tow are the bigger auditoriums

by Joey 5/21/2015 7:40:25 PM
caught up on comments.. doesn't look like i missed much.

by sydnijmm 5/21/2015 7:40:26 PM
if i remember corretly from the defense opening statemet, JH had written an equation in his notebook equating human life to an infiniy symbol = to the number 1. i bet we see this symbol often in the pages of the notebook to Dr. Fenton.

by FRIPPO 5/21/2015 7:40:30 PM
Ok, back again and catching up. Court should resume in about 5 mins

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:40:37 PM
Halftime stats Objections 10: 7 overrides @70% 3 Sustained @ 30%

by NT8 5/21/2015 7:41:46 PM
What I remember about why he picked theater nine is because of the layout and the least amount of accessible exits. It was the theater that would allow for the most damage.

by TM 5/21/2015 7:42:21 PM
BTW folks, Tomorrow is Wear Blue day, in Support of the Omaha Police Officer, that was shot in the line of Duty yesterday. and killed.

by NT8 5/21/2015 7:44:26 PM
Court is back now

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:44:33 PM
Edson making a record/request

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:44:48 PM
Edson says they're concerned jury may have mistaken impression about one question. He wants to recall for 1 question

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:45:18 PM
Question would be about when customer finds out the assigned theater

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:46:07 PM
- Objection
Defense objects, says it is outside realm of questions jury asked.

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:46:27 PM
Sorry, I've had to go away from my desk a lot today. Anyone know why JH would buy three movie tickets? Is there some claim or suggestion as to why?

by Angela Freeman 5/21/2015 7:49:07 PM
- Judge's Order
foundation and scope objections overruled

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:49:08 PM
So Serafini will be recalled

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:49:24 PM
But first, Judge says Juror 378 appeared to fall asleep during testimony

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:49:42 PM
Lol, oh my...

by Angela Freeman 5/21/2015 7:50:21 PM
Juror 378 is a woman in her late 50s with grey hair. Was a paramedic for 20 years.

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:50:22 PM
Judge says he doesn't know if she was asleep but court staff believed she was for 5 minutes or more

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 7:50:40 PM