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

Not Lori but Lynn, sorry

by Stephany 6/25/2015 4:23:22 PM
Lori, you hit the nail on the head, and is the point of this heated examination. He's got to discredit his testimony before the jury.

by Tammy Garrison 6/25/2015 4:23:23 PM
No words spoken between jurors about this witness, but their expressions and body language are likely to communicate a lot during this break...

by Elisabeth 6/25/2015 4:23:24 PM
WOW!!!! I need a break. Im so filled with tension right now. That was powerful cross!!! I love the way AC went at him.

by Tired 6/25/2015 4:23:25 PM
@Lori: Unfortunately he can't just stand up and say, "Without being mean I don't want this man to testify cause he is not an expert." He has to prove why he isn't seen "fit" to give any input to JH's mentality.

by Stephany 6/25/2015 4:23:25 PM
brauchler is a very nice da compared to others i've seen. and i think he's doing his job to the very best of his ability. the dr. was appointed by the dt and he could have declined then.. in my opinion.

by sydnijmm 6/25/2015 4:23:26 PM
Whew! This has been intense!

by Angela Freeman 6/25/2015 4:23:28 PM
@Lynn--you must be kidding. The DT is trying to win a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity verdict, in part, based on this doctor's "expert" opinion. This is outstanding work by the prosecution (IMO).

by flip 6/25/2015 4:23:28 PM
bet King runs to the Dr during the break to have him limit damage after the break

by mandi 6/25/2015 4:23:29 PM
@Brandi, yea I took it that way too, just wanted to make sure

by Jewel 6/25/2015 4:23:30 PM
@lynn he is on trial

by bob 6/25/2015 4:23:31 PM
@Lynn - GB not being disrespectful to him -- has every legal right to question his lack of qualifications

by mandi 6/25/2015 4:23:32 PM
popping up over here today just to see the goings on.. figured it would be pretty cray, and looks like i figured right!!

by sydnijmm 6/25/2015 4:23:32 PM
stats 6 objections 1 over rule, 5 sustained, Remeber the stats are reversed now.

by NT8 6/25/2015 4:23:34 PM
@niki the jury needs to know why he was qualified as an expert. they'd still have to go over it all in their presence.

by sydnijmm 6/25/2015 4:45:53 PM
More than anything, it sounds like Brauchler is saying he bolstered his CV, which may or may not be the case, but to get an MD and be specialized in neurology and psychiatry should be enough. I guess the PT disagrees with me.

by Niki C 6/25/2015 4:47:53 PM
@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