Theater shooting trial day 58: Arlene Holmes expected to testify

After the father of the convicted Aurora movie theater shooter concludes the testimony he began Tuesday, the gunman's mother is expected to be the next witness to take the stand.

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Why are they talking about this photo/when it was taken? Jw what the point of it would be.

by COURTney 7/29/2015 3:14:17 PM
Is that you Brenda

by ERICA 7/29/2015 3:14:21 PM
I feel sorry for the parents, they are victims in this also.

by kat 7/29/2015 3:14:22 PM
I'm sure this has already been asked and answered before but I must have missed it. Is that Dan King at the back table now? Why isn't he leading anymore?

by B 7/29/2015 3:14:48 PM
@B: Yes, Dan is at the rear table. He's still a leader on the team, but all of the attorneys have specialized with certain witnesses and types of evidence. Both sides seem to rotate their batting order in that way

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:15:27 PM
nobody want to raise a murderer......It is the furthest thing from a parents mind.

by kat 7/29/2015 3:15:30 PM
Sorry - I don't see anything mean and nasty about the way GB is doing his cross. I think he is being very respectful in his tone.

by Mandy L edited by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:15:35 PM
But it doesn't make him less guilty....he needs to pay the price for the crime committed.

by kat 7/29/2015 3:15:49 PM
- Judge's Order
Hearsay objection sustained, Brauchler can proceed "as discussed"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:16:02 PM
thank you phil

by happy 7/29/2015 3:16:05 PM
- Quote
Robert Holmes "I'd always thought that it didn't seem like he was happy, but I didn't get the feeling that he was depressed. I thought that if he was depressed, he would not want to talk"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:16:35 PM
- Objection
Objection to foundation originally overruled, but then Brady specifies he hasn't named the agent or the date of Robert Holmes' conversation with the agent

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:17:13 PM
Doc, have worked with many at the 5 -6 year old level and later who came in with a diagnosis. Every bit of my professional expertise, not that I have done or could do a differential diagnosis of him, says to me he that he does not have Asperger's.

by Tammy Garrison 7/29/2015 3:17:25 PM
is the father talking to JH?

by mandi 7/29/2015 3:17:27 PM
"if you remember telling him"-How is that Hearsay? If it's something YOU said?? I'm I not understanding the meaning of "Hearsay"?

by FMM 7/29/2015 3:17:30 PM
If this was a Perry Mason movie this the part of the trial when they get the family priest to testify that the defendant is a good person that went wrong. The PT is trying to put that testimony in context and to show that the priest does not really know what happened.

by Humble Pride 7/29/2015 3:17:36 PM
@emma, something we need to remember is that GB originally wanted LWOP, but the majority of families wnted DP. He is doing the job asked of him to the best of his abilities. Does that serve him and his goals? Probably, but if the end result is the same - families satisfied, criminal never to be seen again, his goals achieved - what do we care?

by DocJ 7/29/2015 3:17:43 PM
Thank you for the quick response.

by B 7/29/2015 3:17:45 PM
@Victoria - there was a comment by dad yesterday, that he was limiting visitation partially due to the fact that anything said during visits can be scrutinized by prosecution.

by Tami in GA 7/29/2015 3:17:49 PM
@matt because he is forcing a return of a process that has no possibility for redemption; everyone with sense knows it will not help the victims, it will make their lives harder, not easier I would not trust GB. Technique is okay, but attitude if void of heart

by okx 7/29/2015 3:18:07 PM
Good Morning Everyone! @Mandy...agreed! Brauchler is being very professional in a tough situation.

by TammyC 7/29/2015 3:18:08 PM
Brauchler needs to cross examine him as thoroughly as he can, it doesn't mean he is rude to JH's father.

by kat 7/29/2015 3:18:11 PM
I'm thinking sidebars are helpful for you Phil and the other Channel 7 crew as the comment editor it gives you a chance to catch up somewhat!! :)

by LG 7/29/2015 3:18:16 PM
@LG: truth

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:18:20 PM
Brauchler ends his cross. Brady stands for re-direct

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:18:33 PM
Whoa, the dad slipped and almost said he never thought JH was happy.

by Sophiamtn@gmail.com 7/29/2015 3:18:39 PM
Did I just see the guard by the witness bench just tell RH to stop trying to mouth at or communicate with his son?

by Tammy Garrison 7/29/2015 3:18:40 PM
@Tami, his dad also said Jim doesn't allow visitors.

by Kels 7/29/2015 3:18:45 PM
It's not cool to take about the attorneys and as I recalled he had a hard time interviewing Ashley Moser about that night!

by mrs tatum 7/29/2015 3:18:52 PM
@docj I thought it was the defense that wanted LWOP?

by emma 7/29/2015 3:18:55 PM
- Quote
"What sort of frame of mind were you in when you got to the airport?" after the shooting, Brady asks.
"It was kind of turmoil"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:19:23 PM
- Quote
Robert Holmes says the FBI agents asked if his son was a terrorist. "I told them there wasn't any chance he was a terrorist."

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:20:13 PM
I think that the mother is going to have a tougher time testifying.

by kat 7/29/2015 3:20:15 PM
mandi, I saw that too.

by Tammy Garrison 7/29/2015 3:20:18 PM
nevertheless -- the e-mail speaks for itself

by mandi 7/29/2015 3:20:27 PM
it had to be the hardest thing for these parents to learn what their child had done

by kat 7/29/2015 3:20:28 PM
can't think of anyone would have been thinking clearly after hearing what their child did. I know I would be out of my mind.

by happy 7/29/2015 3:20:57 PM
- Quote
Brady asking about the emails, asking if his son's responses were usually short.
"He would share some information"
"But not as much as you were hoping to get?"
"True"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:21:57 PM
What sort of frame of mind do you THINK he was in after his son committed a mass murder??? I don't like those type of questions.

by FMM 7/29/2015 3:22:11 PM
That the parents were tyring to decide whether to go right away speaks volumes to me.

by Clancy 7/29/2015 3:22:16 PM
MrsTatum, Mr. GB chose this route. Discussion of the approach of the attorneys is very important, esp. since they are state attorneys.It is a matter, somewhat, of questioning the progression of state law. JH admitted to everything.

by okx 7/29/2015 3:22:26 PM
Woah a few minutes ago the security guard had to get up and tell RH to stop talking to JH. JH was trying to ignore him but he did keep smiling.

by Della (Me) 7/29/2015 3:22:27 PM
It's not the job of any prosecuting attorney to be all warm and fuzzy toward the witnesses. I'm sure if Judge Samour thought for one minute that Brauchler, or any of the attorneys, were crossing the line in terms of how they speak to the witnesses, he would address it.

by Liz 7/29/2015 3:22:45 PM
Brady asks if his son had experienced difficulties or setbacks preiviously and "did he respond violently?"
Robert Holmes said he did not

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 3:24:03 PM
@Emma, That is what they both initially wanted, but after meeting with the families and finding that a majority of them wanted DP, Brauchler filed for DP. That is when the DT changed to the insanity plea. Yes it would have been easier to do all of this LWOP, but in CO victims get a say in this. Sometimes that makes it hard to prosecute a case, I imagine.

by DocJ 7/29/2015 3:24:27 PM