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Holmes Lawyers Try To Clear Path For Insanity Plea
Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes asked a judge Thursday to clear away their legal questions so Holmes can plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes asked a judge Thursday to clear away their legal questions so Holmes can plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
James Holmes received six shipments of ammunition from an online retailer, carried a platinum MasterCard and photographed the door to the movie theater where he allegedly killed 12 people and injured 70.
An assistant state attorney general has been appointed to the team prosecuting James Holmes in the Colorado theater shootings.
Days after a gunman entered a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 moviegoers and injuring 70 others, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado health officials began talking about revamping a state mental health system that had been devastated by budget cuts.
Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shootings say laws on insanity and the death penalty are constitutional and don't need any of the explanations requested by the defense.
Court documents say prosecutors in the Colorado theater shootings have listed about 3,500 potential witnesses they could call during the trial of defendant James Holmes.
Lawyers for the Colorado theater shooting suspect told a judge Monday he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, but the judge won't rule on whether to allow that yet.
One of James Holmes' lawyers asked a judge on Monday to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in the Colorado theater shootings.
The legal course in the Aurora theater shooting criminal case will change drastically on Monday. That's when James Holmes is expected to change his plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity.
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The trial of the former grad student charged in the deadly Colorado movie theater shootings will likely be delayed weeks or months because he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Lawyers for the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in an Aurora movie theater say he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Attorneys for the Colorado theater shooting suspect suggested in a court filing Monday that they might be considering entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity over their client's objections.
The judge in the Colorado theater shootings has reversed himself and given the defense until April 29 to respond to his proposed list of cautions that suspect James Holmes would have to sign before he could change his plea to insanity.
Prosecutors in the deadly Colorado theater shootings say that if suspect James Holmes is convicted, they will argue he should be executed because one of the victims was a child and because the attack was an ambush.
Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes are again suggesting the state's death penalty and insanity laws might work in combination to violate his constitutional rights.
The judge in the Colorado theater shootings says he's satisfied that prosecutors have told defense lawyers about all the evidence.
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Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting case say they have turned over 37,000 pages of documents to the suspect's attorneys, plus 436 storage disks of some sort from law-enforcement agencies.
An Oregon man has been accused of harassing at least a dozen families of the victims of the mass shooting in Aurora, telling them the killings didn't happen or the caskets of victims were empty.
Police in Oregon have arrested a man who is accused of harassing the families of victims of the Aurora theater shooting.
The new judge who was thrust into the death penalty case against Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes was relaxed and quick-witted during his first hours on the job.
The new Colorado judge overseeing the theater shooting case has ordered the release of documents related to the arrest of James Holmes.
In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado's newly passed gun control laws as he applies public pressure on Congress to pass similar federal measures.
Prosecutors said Thursday they are not ready to accept an offer from Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.
A Greeley woman, the alleged ringleader of two auto theft operations that stole dozens of vehicles from residents and dealerships, was recently sentenced to prison. But for half the time that most of the car thieves working with her received.
The Aurora Police Department says all lanes of Havana Street, between Del Mar Parkway and E. Tenth Avenue, were closed early Saturday morning due to downed powerlines after an unknown vehicle struck a pole.
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A Greeley woman, the alleged ringleader of two auto theft operations that stole dozens of vehicles from residents and dealerships, was recently sentenced to prison. But for half the time that most of the car thieves working with her received.
The Aurora Police Department says all lanes of Havana Street, between Del Mar Parkway and E. Tenth Avenue, were closed early Saturday morning due to downed powerlines after an unknown vehicle struck a pole.
South Metro Fire says one person was injured after a plane that was leaving from Centennial Airport returned to make an emergency landing.
One person was taken into custody, while 23 pounds of cocaine was seized by a Colorado task force in a traffic stop on I-70 near Gypsum.
Getting from one side of Aurora to the other isn't always easy, especially without a car. Now, the city is striving to ensure accessibility for all residents regardless of their transportation situation.
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