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

Good? That's the best you've got? He's doing GREAT!

by Stephany 6/25/2015 3:59:37 PM
This guy is gonna need surgery to re attach his butt cause AC is handing it to him on a platter!

by Abrandt 6/25/2015 3:59:38 PM
That was an excellent question

by Niki C 6/25/2015 3:59:39 PM
does woodcock still get paid if he doesn't testify

by bob 6/25/2015 3:59:39 PM
lol Tammy

by Goliath_Fish 6/25/2015 3:59:40 PM
DA...doing FABULOUS...Way Beyond Good!!!

by Robin 6/25/2015 3:59:55 PM
by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:00:08 PM
No one is forced to be in this chat, feel free to leave if you don't like what is said. I've done that on days it was too much.

by Steve 6/25/2015 4:00:54 PM
Now He is trying to BS his way thru not being a qualified expert

by Abrandt 6/25/2015 4:00:57 PM
wow--some really good stuff going on here! Woodcock says lack of board certification in forensic psychiatry isn't important to evaluation of his expertise. Brauchler adds, "In your opinion..."

by flip 6/25/2015 4:01:11 PM
@Bob he's already got paid just being there today, most DR's get and require a fee upfront before they appear

by LG 6/25/2015 4:01:29 PM
@LG: Do you know that or are you guessing? please, lets not just state things as facts without citations to prove it

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:01:52 PM
In the survey was DA - district attorney or defense attorney ???

by Jewel 6/25/2015 4:01:53 PM
@niki well this is the doctor they chose to support and possibly prove their case. they should have made sure he was qualified first. i'm not trying to attack you or anyone else, but it doesn't seem like he is even sort of qualified to be considered an expert and if he is, he's not making a very good case for himself. the dt didn't ask the right questions to get him qualified before the pt got their hands on him. now they're kicking themselves.

by blue 6/25/2015 4:01:58 PM
dr is trying to talk his way into testimony

by mandi 6/25/2015 4:01:59 PM
- Quote
"To be clear Dr. I see just one book chapter in your CV"

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:03:53 PM
GB's got to get back to the yes or no questions -- not let this guy ramble on

by mandi 6/25/2015 4:03:57 PM
I would like to hear the objections from the DA on if to admit him as an expert. Doesn't sound like he knows what his specialty is

by TLR 6/25/2015 4:03:58 PM
I don't think Mr. Brauchler actually believes that Dr. Woodcock will be disqualified...he's just damaging the doc's credentials for the jury's benefit.

by flip 6/25/2015 4:04:01 PM
Witness is now flustered! LOL

by Brandi 6/25/2015 4:04:03 PM
@Steve did you know that you can turn off all the other's chatters except for what Channel 7 posts :)

by LG 6/25/2015 4:04:05 PM
Must agree with@Niki C about the state of chat discourse today.

by LB 6/25/2015 4:04:06 PM
I'd stand up and plead guilty just to get this guy to stop talking

by K 6/25/2015 4:04:07 PM
Look, clearly, Dr. Woodcock is an experienced and qualified neurologist. He just isn't an appropriate expert witness for this case. Also, his testimony is suspect as he has been a "hired gun" for the lead defense atty in the past.

by Lori Butterfield 6/25/2015 4:04:09 PM
@Phil I've been thru 2 cases myself and in both they had to pay the Dr's before they would even look at the medical records of my case and then another fee was required to go to court

by LG 6/25/2015 4:04:14 PM
I think the prosecutor is very disrespectful and unprofessional with this Dr. He may very well be unqualified to be an expert witness but that doesn't mean the Dr. deserves to be treated in the manner he is being treated. He's not on trial.

by Lynn 6/25/2015 4:04:15 PM
by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:04:17 PM
@Jewel - I assumed the DA was district attorney

by Brandi 6/25/2015 4:04:46 PM
Woodcock's chapter on Huntington's disease was in 1992 and 1999. Also wrote a review on a impulse disorders (he explains that was a book chapter). That was in 1986

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:04:50 PM
Sounds like we're going to take a break

by Phil Tenser 6/25/2015 4:05:18 PM
I think the PT is doing what they are suppose to do...shred the DT like bad cheese, right Flip?

by Sally Mander 6/25/2015 4:23:09 PM
@Phil here's is a site about expert fees and their charges if you'd like to share it. The different things they can get and do get paid for is very long and way to much to just start listing here!! :) www.seak.com

by LG 6/25/2015 4:23:10 PM
This is typical legal stuff. Nothing unusual going on here. The witness isn't being mistreated.

by Angela Freeman 6/25/2015 4:23:11 PM
@flip - I agree. Brauchler is doing a great job for the jury's benefit

by Niki C 6/25/2015 4:23:12 PM
LOVE BRAUCHLER!!!!

by cr 6/25/2015 4:23:13 PM
I remember hearing from both sides and Reid that there were no "hired guns" in this case. If nothing else, for professional courtesy...but I think all of the doctors we are going to hear from can be considered experts.

by Niki C 6/25/2015 4:23:14 PM
Can he be discredit enough NOT to be admitted as expert witness by the judge?

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:23:15 PM
We ALL need a break.

by Kristle 6/25/2015 4:23:16 PM
@blue - I do believe he is an expert. whether or not he would be a good one or the one I would choose, different story. I totally agree that the DT didn't lay down a good foundation. To get an MD/PhD you have to publish a little but that shouldn't make you an expert or not, and I don't think it does. Also, I know from some reading that there is huge debate going on as to whether or not neuropsych should be a sub-specialty. Neuro anything is being looked at under a broader microscope because of how we are learning that the brain is truly the final frontier and we can glean so much of everything that happens because of the brain. He (Woodcock) probably should have said that too. But once again, if I was being asked those questions under such rapid fire, I MIGHT be able to tell you my name.

by Niki C 6/25/2015 4:23:16 PM
Ahhh Phil, youre a cutie :-)

by cr 6/25/2015 4:23:17 PM
Phil and your mic. lol

by Goliath_Fish 6/25/2015 4:23:18 PM
@ LG thanks - share that so those who complain about the chat can do that. I just leave the chat when people get crazy!

by Steve 6/25/2015 4:23:19 PM
I don't see what all the upset is about. We are allowed to have opinions and make judgments because we are just laypeople in a chat room. We don't have to be fair or unbiased.

by Angela Freeman 6/25/2015 4:23:20 PM
Great tie, Phill.

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:23:21 PM
@Lori--Agreed. I think you nailed it...unfortunately for the DT, the prosecution seems to have nailed it, too.

by flip 6/25/2015 4:23:21 PM