Colorado: A judge on Tuesday accepted James Holmes' plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater shooting suspect. The court clerk placed a written advisory of the ground rules of the plea before Holmes so he could follow it as Judge Carlos Samour Jr read through all 18 points.
When Samour asked if he had any questions, Holmes answered "no" in a clear, firm voice. Samour then accepted the plea. "I find Mr Holmes understands the effects and consequences of the not guilty by reason of insanity plea," the judge said. "He was looking at the advisement and appeared to be following along."
Samour also determined prosecutors can have access to a notebook that Holmes sent to a psychiatrist before last summer's rampage. Holmes is accused of opening fire in a packed Denver-area movie theater last summer, killing 12 people and injuring 70. He is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Holmes' lawyers repeatedly have said he is mentally ill, but they delayed the insanity plea while arguing state laws were unconstitutional. They said the laws could hobble the defense if Holmes' case should ever reach the phase where the jury decides if he should be executed. The judge rejected that argument last week....
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09:20 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Centennial: The former graduate student accused of opening fire at a Denver-area screening of the latest "Batman" film, killing 12 people, was formally charged on Monday with 24 counts of first-degree murder and 116 counts of attempted murder. James Holmes, 24, was formally charged during his second court appearance since his arrest after the massacre during a packed showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" shortly after midnight on July 20....
02:49 AM, Jul 31, 2012
Denver: The former graduate student accused in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied, the first indication that he may have sought help before the rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 58. Attorneys for James Holmes, 24, made the disclosure in a court motion on Friday as they sought to discover the source of leaks to some media...
07:14 AM, Jul 28, 2012
Aurora: University of Colorado officials were looking on Sunday into whether James Holmes used his position in a graduate program to collect hazardous materials, but school officials weren't saying whether they knew the suspect in a movie theater massacre was anything more than a hard-working student. Law enforcement officials also revealed that Holmes, 24, has not been cooperating with them and that it could take months to learn what prompted...
09:27 AM, Jul 23, 2012
Aurora: The shooting suspect who went on a deadly rampage inside a Colorado theater planned the attack with "calculation and deliberation," police said on Saturday, receiving deliveries for months which authorities believe armed him for battle and were used to rig his apartment with dozens of bombs. Authorities on Saturday removed dangerous explosive materials from inside James Holmes's suburban Denver apartment a day after police said he opened fire and...
08:13 AM, Jul 22, 2012
Washington: US law enforcement officials say the suspect in Friday's deadly shooting in Colorado is 24-year-old citizen James Holmes. Officials believe Holmes killed a dozen people when he fired into a crowded movie theater in a Denver suburb. He was wearing a gas mask and set off an unknown gas in the theater. Holmes is in custody, and the FBI says there is no indication the incident is tied to...
06:34 PM, Jul 20, 2012
