Holmes appears with defense attorney Tamara Brady in court, July 23, 2012.
*James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado theater massacre, appeared in a Colorado courtroom today sporting red-orange hair and looking completely out of it. [Scroll down to watch.]
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Arapahoe County District Court Judge William B. Sylvester advised Holmes of his Miranda rights and said that there was probable cause to continue to hold him without bond on suspicion of first-degree murder, reports the Associated Press.
Holmes was transported from his holding cell to the courtroom through an underground tunnel. He sat in a jury box next to Tamara Brady, a public defender, with shackled hands and feet and his eyes opening wide and closing. He did not speak.
He never looked in the direction of a gallery that included victims and their advocates.
The preliminary hearing lasted about 11 minutes. Holmes’ next court appearance is July 30, when he is expected to be charged.
A decision on whether to seek the death penalty could be weeks or months away, District Attorney Carol Chambers told reporters as she entered the courthouse.
“It will be a conversation we have with the victims before we make that decision,” Chambers said.
Holmes could also face additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations stemming from the mass shooting that killed 12 and injured 58 people at an Aurora, Colo., screening of “Dark Knight Rises.”
Clad in full body armor, he surrendered to officers in a parking lot behind the cinema. Holmes did not resist arrest, but investigators have since described the former PhD student at the Univ. of Colorado-Denver medical school as uncooperative.
Judging from the bug-eyed look, it’s beginning to dawn on him now. No insanity defense, please!
Melody, that’s what I’m saying. I just watched the video, and I don’t see how his behavior is indicative of someone who might be crazy, as the white media been trying to have us believe all day. He looks worried, like some reflecting on his behavior and the impending consequence.
This guy had a 100 round clip in one gun alone, and and was going to spray the whole movie theater standing at front dead center. If the gun didn’t jam, over fifty people could be dead. He couldn’t pick a more perfect location. Then he wore that attire to blend in with the police response team. This guy knew exactly what he was doing and planned to get away with it.
But none of the casualties were black, so if white people want to play those psycho babbling games with this mofo, that’s their prerogative.
Cosign Melody!!
This guy is not crazy, he is evil. He planned and orchestrated this horrific scenery to perfection. Stop wasting taxpayers time and money….just fry him.
Diva, that is an excellent way of putting it but we all know the world will come to an end before he even goes to trial, sentenced and put to death.
No matter how we choose to look at this, it is a tragedy for everyone involved and at the end of the day nobody wins.
You know?, “I” find it VERY interesting that this azzhole was even “ALLOWED” to…surrender! We as Black & Brown men?, are killed for holding Our damn …WALLETS!! But “THIS” evil muthafkah?, SHOT & KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE!!, & the poe poe didn’t “think “HE” was “threatening enough” EVEN AFTER the massacre!!!, to “light HIS azz up!!??? See?……”that’s” WTF it meeeeeans to be …”White”!! The benefit of the FKN doubt” even after being PROVEN to be guilty! Meanwhile?, a “brotha” goes to jail, ‘on a fkn…RUMOR!!!! And now, this mofo wants to be labled…”crazy”!??? GTMFOH!!!!
My condolences to all victims and family members but, if he’s crazy then, I’m the one responsible for the bad weaves Serena and Bobbie K have been wearing. This dude lived out his fantasy, like I want to go to Disney. . . . . what was that? Glad he’s not “Of Color”? . . . . . . .me too.