Judge says ‘good cause’ for Holmes insanity plea
A judge said Monday there is good cause to let Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
A judge said Monday there is good cause to let Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Holmes faces 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other crimes for the attack.
Holmes faces 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other crimes for the attack.
Attorneys for accused Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes filed their intent to plead their client not guilty by reason of insanity.
The journalist who first reported about a notebook that James Holmes allegedly sent his psychiatrist before last year’s horrific theater massacre could face jail time for not revealing her sources.
“It is my determination and my intention that in this case for James Eagan Holmes, justice is death,” Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said.
Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes’ defense attorneys offered to have him plead guilty and accept a life in prison sentence in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.
Attorneys for James Holmes, a suspect in the July movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, said at his arraignment Tuesday that they’re not ready to enter a plea for him.
Court documents say Holmes received in-patient psychiatric are after being deemed a danger to himself or others.
The judge in the Aurora theater shooting case has ruled that suspect James Holmes will be tried on all counts he faces.
The photographs were recovered from Holmes’ cell phone and go along with months of sales records and descriptions of meticulously prepared booby traps at his home.
This week of preliminary hearings for James Holmes will certainly bring graphic new details about the Aurora theater tragedy to the public.