Judge Denies Continuance in Aurora Theater Shooting Case, Trial to Begin in January
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Photo By Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images(AURORA, Colo.) — A district court judge on Wednesday denied a motion for a continuance in the trial of James Holmes, the accused Aurora theater shooter.
Holmes’ defense team had hoped to push the start of court proceedings back past Jan. 20. Instead, a judge said, the trial will proceed as scheduled. In October, the defense had asked for a longer postponement than the court had allowed. The court heard further arguments for a continuance on Monday.
The defense team argued that one of the attorney’s time — eight days — spent testifying in another case, large amounts of materials from the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, where Holmes was evaluated, the need to re-prepare following a second sanity evaluation and continuously growing amounts of evidence and witnesses from the prosecution warranted further delay.
The court will issue 9,000 jury summonses on Thursday in the hopes of building a sufficient jury pool.
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