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

OK, that is done. Next witness time

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:29:27 PM
There needs to be an "in part" on that poll. The accumulation of those documents and other things may indicate sanity. I don't think the financial statements alone would

by Catherine 5/21/2015 5:29:29 PM
@DocJ I agree, I believe Dr. Fenton should have done an emergency 72 hour hold on Him since he admitted He had homicidal ideations.

by Abrandt 5/21/2015 5:29:30 PM
Great question poll @Phil!

by Kristle 5/21/2015 5:29:36 PM
- New Witness
The people call Evan Farris

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:30:01 PM
It depends on whose witness the girlfriend is called as. Either way, the opposing team wil object with 'hearsay' a lot.

by DocJ 5/21/2015 5:30:16 PM
Farris is COLINT 74-Criminai Attcrnpt to Comrnit Murder in the First Degree (F2) and COTINT 140-Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder in the First Degree (F2)

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:30:28 PM
@Abrandt, excellent point.

by KP 5/21/2015 5:30:29 PM
I agree with you DocJ. She is in a position where she HAS to report anything that seems unsafe. Unfortunately, she broke a cardinal rule BUT she did not pull the trigger.

by Stephany 5/21/2015 5:30:48 PM
Farris: Says he was with finance

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:31:00 PM
@Phil, on the question poll add "it depends" so it wouldn't be a solid yes or no.

by Kristle 5/21/2015 5:31:02 PM
@Kristle: can't edit it now, but next time

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:31:12 PM
It's been shown that violent video games are not correlated with violent behavior. As an avid gamer, that's important to me on a personal level! I'm actually a pacifist. I won't even harm a cockroach. But I will play the heck outta some GTA.

by Angela Freeman 5/21/2015 5:31:37 PM
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Farris: "About 15 minutes into the movie it sounded like a firework went off and something felt wrong"

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:31:38 PM
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Farris: "we could feel the chairs around us blowing up, it felt like"

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:31:49 PM
Farris: heard screaming as movie was still playing

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:31:56 PM
I think we should do some sort of Friday introductions here! Tell your background, what brings you to our trial chat, and anything else!

by AJS 5/21/2015 5:32:22 PM
@Phil: That's OK, just a thought. Thanks!

by Kristle 5/21/2015 5:32:22 PM
Farris: "I pushed (rochelle HIll) to the ground and laid on top of her." His legs hanging out from the aisle.

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:32:23 PM
Farris: 3-4 rows up along the aisle of stadium

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:32:34 PM
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Farris: "you could just hear screaming, feel the chairs just explode. my legs were getting trampled on"

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:32:53 PM
@AJS - Good call.

by Angela Freeman 5/21/2015 5:33:24 PM
@Angela I'm a gamer too but I have seen kids that are desensitized because of violent games/movies.

by Abrandt 5/21/2015 5:33:25 PM
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Farris: "different varieties of fireworks it sounded like. Some sounded fast, some slow. Some sounded louder, some didnt."

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:33:26 PM
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Farris: 'The lady next to Rochelle, she fell to the ground and started shaking."

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:33:39 PM
@Staphany: Actually, she could be held partially responsible in a civil lawsuit. She has a 'legal and moral obligation' to report. Some don't, as they are afraid of making a mistake and getting sued. then they can get sued for not. Catch-22

by DocJ 5/21/2015 5:33:41 PM
Farris: Doesn't remember the gunshots stopping while he was in theater

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:33:54 PM
Farris: About 2 minutes before they decided to get up after shooting paused. They were crawling over people and others crawling over them

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:34:20 PM
Farris: "As we started crossing (to exit) he started firing again"

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:34:30 PM
OK I get where he was seated, I need no diagram or 3D, to tell me.

by NT8 5/21/2015 5:34:32 PM
Would the 72 hour hold have really done anything? He committed this horrible crime WAY more than 72 hours later. They would have held him, psyched him, medicated him and released him.

by Stephany 5/21/2015 5:34:40 PM
I think I know him and his Fiancée

by Joey 5/21/2015 5:34:51 PM
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Farris: Looked when it began and at the top. Saw "Just flashes and a dark figure"

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:35:06 PM
@Abrandt: Agree about 72 hour hold, but that could easily fall into the shoulda, coulda, woulda category. Hind sites 20/20.

by Kristle 5/21/2015 5:35:09 PM
Farris: identifies his diagram

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:35:25 PM
Colorado is such a big state. I'm surprised coming from BFE North Carolina to see how many people around here just happen to know each other lol.

by Angela Freeman 5/21/2015 5:36:22 PM
@ Stephany the 72 hour hold allows them to test Him and if they felt he was seriously homicdial and held him longer.

by Abrandt 5/21/2015 5:36:35 PM
Farris using pointer to show his diagram

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:36:43 PM
@Staphany is right: Hold, watch, medicate, release. The system is overwhelmed. BUT - it would have cleared her insofar as culpability.

by DocJ 5/21/2015 5:37:13 PM
Farris says woman in front of him was shot in the rear

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:37:32 PM
My brother told us he was going to this theater this night and changed his mind without telling any of us... Boy was that crazy

by KP 5/21/2015 5:37:34 PM
Make a statement like he did to a LEO, Or a TSA agent, Your going downtown, or not getting on a plane.

by NT8 5/21/2015 5:37:35 PM
@Stephany: It would have been "documented" like a "red flag" so if his tag is run, it may have alerted the officer when he was pulled over for speeding with the orange hair/gun case.

by Kristle 5/21/2015 5:37:38 PM
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Farris: "We just kept running and didn't look back until we got out of the theater"

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:38:03 PM
Farris: had scrapes and hairline fracture on ankle

by Phil Tenser 5/21/2015 5:38:12 PM