Theater shooting trial day 37: Defense to call first witnesses

Defense attorneys will call their first witnesses Thursday in the trial of James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 and injuring 70 others on July 20, 2012.

3rd & 7 37yd

@Niki -- it's like having a foot doctor declare that JH was insane at the time of the shooting... lack of expertise in psychiatry

by mandi 6/25/2015 4:47:54 PM
And as Lynn mentioned, Brauchler should remain professional -- he wants to have the jury 'on his side', but he will lose them if he is too aggressive with the Dr, IMO...

by Justice 6/25/2015 4:47:57 PM
@ERICA why all caps on the name? lol

by Tara 6/25/2015 4:47:57 PM
i've never seen this in other trials - usually the voire dire is done outside the presence of the jury

by wendy 6/25/2015 4:48:03 PM
@wendy: Not sure what you mean. Voir Dire is the process of jury selection

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:48:17 PM
- Judge's Order
Judge qualifies Dr. Woodcock as an expert witness in the fields of neurology and psychiatry

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:48:47 PM
@Phil just curious do you ever get tried to pro-reading all the comments?

by LG 6/25/2015 4:49:15 PM
@LG: a lot, but it has proven to be important

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:49:26 PM
...because, to be honest, Brauchler is starting to annoy me in his demeanor with this witness.

by Justice 6/25/2015 4:49:36 PM
@7 - syd just said something that makes me have a question for Rick K. So much is done outside the jury presence...why is the establishment of an expert witness done in front of the jury when they do not make that determination?

by Niki C 6/25/2015 4:49:40 PM
Oh crap!

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:49:52 PM
Thank you Phil!!

by ERICA 6/25/2015 4:49:53 PM
Also all of this is going into record in case of appeal. That court needs to know everything about anyone giving an expert testimony

by Jewel 6/25/2015 4:49:54 PM
at least AC put a lingering question in the jury's mind

by mandi 6/25/2015 4:49:57 PM
King seems worried.

by Kristle 6/25/2015 4:50:06 PM
I know that's true @phil :)

by LG 6/25/2015 4:50:07 PM
Woodcock says his practice specializes in areas where neurology and psychiatry overlap

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:50:21 PM
Surprising......

by Katatt 6/25/2015 4:50:23 PM
That's what I was going to say, mandi.

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:50:36 PM
- Quote
"People who do what I do, tend to do a lot of evaluations" Woodcock said... "That's one of the reasons I've been involved in forensic work"

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:51:06 PM
@mandi - it is not like that at all because a foot doctor is an md with a specialty in podiatry and has studied the like. Woodcock may suck, but he is a neurologist and a psychiatrist.

by Niki C 6/25/2015 4:51:09 PM
King has to turn this around so his SME is credible.

by Kristle 6/25/2015 4:51:10 PM
@Tara why??? if you need to know there are two other Erica's here. Court is back

by ERICA 6/25/2015 4:51:10 PM
@Niki I think you need to pay a little more attention. His credentials are not exactly for this case!!! His expertise is in Dementia and Alzheimer's. And forensic. He list his testimonies. Not what I call an expert witness!!!

by Joey 6/25/2015 4:52:03 PM
I don't think the jury can think that way about doubt about what this Dr has to say since the Judge qualifies Dr. Woodcock as an expert witness in the fields of neurology and psychiatry

by LG 6/25/2015 4:56:27 PM
I'm surprised he is still an expert witness. So all that AC did came to nothing???

by Suzanne 6/25/2015 4:56:29 PM
"voir dire" is also used to qualify expert witnesses. That was mentioned in court and there are also several websites about the process.

by imnotreallyhere 6/25/2015 4:56:35 PM
@Erica. Ummm ok. I don't need to know. I was just messing with u.

by Tara 6/25/2015 4:56:37 PM
Wow people I don't think we need to attack each other in this room!!!!!

by LG 6/25/2015 4:56:39 PM
Were the people complaining about AC's aggressiveness equally upset when the DT was cross examining the peoples witnesses? Or does it only upset you because you are in Jimmy's corner? Double standard much?

by BeaverBarber 6/25/2015 4:56:40 PM
Ormans on fire too. He's handing post it notes to AC. I can only imagine what Ormans saying, lol.

by Kristle 6/25/2015 4:56:41 PM
@Joey, I would say the same to you. He focuses on dementia and Alzeimer's but neurology and psychiatry is his MD specialty. Neurology is specific to the brain function and behavior - if that is not relevant to this case, nothing is because they are claiming insanity. I do however, disagree with the DT insists on discussing his experience in forensics.

by Niki C 6/25/2015 4:56:42 PM
Oh, that's not fair. about marketing as a 'hired gun'.

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:56:43 PM
Woodcock explains his work is in area of behavioral neurology, specifically brain injury and a mixture of neurological and psychological diagnosis

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:57:17 PM
I'm not at all surprised that he was accepted as an expert. I don't think AC expected otherwise. He just wanted to leave the jury iffy about him.

by Angela Freeman 6/25/2015 4:57:36 PM
Agreed, Angela.

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:58:18 PM
King confirms with Woodcock that he is an assistant prof of neurology and psychiatry both, even though he's not listed on the psychiatry part of the University's website

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:58:53 PM
ok hes been deemed an expert...listen to his opinion and how he came to those opinions and then decide if you agree...the defendant does have a right to put on a defense afterall

by debitwo 6/25/2015 4:58:59 PM
May just be my memory, but it does seem we are spending a longer amount of time on this guy's credential's than Dr. Redi's. Again, may just be my memory.

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:59:36 PM
Agreed Angela and I am sure they are thinking "Alzeheimer's??"

by Tammy 6/25/2015 4:59:37 PM
King trying to do some damage control.

by Tired 6/25/2015 4:59:43 PM
Oops. Neurology primary....

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:59:44 PM
- Quote
"Most of my career has not been spent in academic medicine, where most of that (publication) work gets done"... "I am more of a clinician"

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 5:01:06 PM
the pt did a much better job of their offering.

by sydnijmm 6/25/2015 5:01:42 PM
@tammy reid took over an hour to be qualified, i'm pretty sure. but i don't think the dt crossed him for very long.

by sydnijmm 6/25/2015 5:01:45 PM