Theater shooting trial day 61: Start of 'Phase 3'

Day 61 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. Today, prosecutors will call family members of the 12 victims who were killed.Jurors have already confirmed they found aggravating factors in the mass shooting for which they convicted the gunman. They also confirmed that any mitigating factors that might exist do not outweigh the aggravating factors. This round of testimony is the third and final phase before jurors decide on the death penalty.Holmes was convicted on 165 counts including murder and attempted murder for the shooting that killed 12 and injured 70 others during a midnight premiere of the Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. His defense attorneys unsuccessfully argued that he was insane at the time of the shooting. 7NEWS and TheDenverChannel.com will have gavel to gavel coverage of the trial starting at 8:30a.m. (MST) everyday and ending around 5:30 p.m. (MST) Watch new live video on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/7NewsDenver/live Additional resources:LIVE VIDEO & BLOG: http://bit.ly/theatertrialTIMELINE of the case: http://bit.ly/theatertimelineJURY PROFILE: http://bit.ly/theaterjury CONTINUING COVERAGE: http://bit.ly/theatercoverage

3rd & 7 37yd

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"I want to say we went out to dinner at least once a week. We all saw each other at least once a week"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:19:10 PM
Amanda last spoke to Micayla a few days before the shooting, when they discussed their grandmother's birthday (which was July 20)

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:19:48 PM
- Objection
Objection overruled, question was if they celebrate the birthday on that day

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:20:03 PM
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"Celebrations are dulled and limited, but we definitely are still a close family and we still get together and celebrate each others lives"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:20:23 PM
Amanda says she was selfish and in bed at 5am. She didn't answer when her dad called. The voicemail took a long time

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:20:52 PM
- Objection
"I listneed to the voicemail and it said -- my dad just trying to be strong..." interrupted by hearsay objection. Judge will allow it.

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:21:13 PM
She's so brave, I just want to hug her.

by Resa 8/4/2015 7:21:14 PM
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"My dad said Micayla had been shot..." demonstrates what she did. "My mind was racing and I grabbed whatever I could from the closet"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:21:45 PM
Nelson grinned at the story about her remembrance of Mikaylas driving lesson. That made me sad. She made her sister laugh a lot.

by Kristle 8/4/2015 7:21:55 PM
I guess Higgs aka Chuckles the Clown is going to take over for Brady (the walking zombie)

by JW 8/4/2015 7:21:58 PM
I see your point Resa...but I liked seeing them get some support. Their sympathy "allowance" was restricted in that phase as well.

by BluesB 8/4/2015 7:22:00 PM
I'm seeing AC and Orman are having a hard time with this too.

by Resa 8/4/2015 7:22:03 PM
"I just started asking questions..." Amanda said when she arrived at the hospital. They called all the hospitals over and over

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:22:23 PM
She then went to every hospital in person looking for her sister

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:22:32 PM
"I went to hospitals they weren't admitting people to"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:22:38 PM
I think it is common for losing attorney in guilt phase to nearly disappear during sentencing phase, whether that is DT or Pt. The theory is that jury did not believe that lawyer, so best to use someone else.

by Sophia 8/4/2015 7:22:41 PM
We all do that with our phones-what a sweet, honest girl.

by BluesB 8/4/2015 7:22:42 PM
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"I just went everywhere and I kept getting called back to Gateway HS to be interviewed by the police and be interviewed by victims advocates"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:23:01 PM
"I just kept repeating her name M-i-c-a-y-a M-e-d-e-k"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:23:26 PM
She was called back to the HS to see a photo of her sister's license

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:23:44 PM
- Objection
"There were 12 sets of people just in these chairs" Objection , overruled

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:24:02 PM
There were over 150 people at her parent's house, Amanda says

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:24:20 PM
@Mr. D--Well said. Looking for positives. It just hit me so hard when Mr. Sullivan was talking about his son. My father wasnt much of a father to me. So I was thinking how best to turn this into a lesson for myself with my children. I know I am not like my father, its just that I wish I could have had a father/mentor like Mr. Sullivan. I guess I look for that to this day and I am 48 years old. Still trying to learn and still trying to be the father that I never had to my kids.

by Tired 8/4/2015 7:24:28 PM
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"We got a call and 2 black cars came down the end of the street."

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:24:42 PM
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"All i remember is my knees buckling and slamming into the concrete floor... I have a hard time remembering what happened after that"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:25:07 PM
Can you imagine? All these distraught folks driving around the metro area trying to identify their loved ones? I had no idea. I think we are fortunate none of these folks were in accidents.

by Mr.D. 8/4/2015 7:25:42 PM
Barf bag, 'Higgs. Not a bit better coming from you...

by BluesB 8/4/2015 7:25:42 PM
@Sophia Dan King isn't a man with a lot of emotion, they typically use women for death sentencing.

by panda911 8/4/2015 7:25:44 PM
I did that today with ignoring the phone! Thank goodness it wasn't important.

by Kristle 8/4/2015 7:25:45 PM
Gut wrenching

by Sandy Smith 8/4/2015 7:25:46 PM
JW-'perfect assessment.

by BluesB 8/4/2015 7:25:47 PM
LOL, Chuckles the Clown!!

by Kristle 8/4/2015 7:25:48 PM
@D7 the ads on the right side are making me nuts. Playing over court...no control of them. Do something, please!

by Sally Mander 8/4/2015 7:25:51 PM
@SallyMander: Outside my contro, but I'll pass it along

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:26:02 PM
OMG- she is re-living this all over- listen to her voice and anxiousness!

by TLR 8/4/2015 7:26:06 PM
Now asking Amanda to describe photos of Micayla

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:26:19 PM
Mr. Sullivan is exactly the dad I had. My dad passed away last July. I just can't even imagine how he would have reacted if one of his children had been massacred in this horrible way!

by Suzi Lewis 8/4/2015 7:28:13 PM
"You never expect to lose your kid before you go, you know." Amanda says her parents have bonded together, both are on antidepressants. Both have a lot of anger, a lot of grief

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:28:43 PM
"Its a hard subject to bring up"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:28:48 PM
@SallyMander: you might want to change to a different browser to solve the ads-over-video problem. Just a thought . . .

by tg_kendall 8/4/2015 7:29:13 PM
Amanda says she was self-medicating

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:29:21 PM
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"I don't have these monumental occasions.. my sister is not going to be there"... "It is really hard to change the format of your life, this whole new paradigm of being an only child"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:29:50 PM
Amanda says "I can't walk into a movie theater" any more

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 7:29:59 PM
@ Tired-take heart , you're young! Like you, I still am trying to learn too.

by Mr.D. 8/4/2015 7:30:02 PM
Does anyone know what JH's reactions / facial expressions are to all this?

by hey 8/4/2015 7:30:03 PM