Jury finds James Holmes guilty in Aurora theater shooting case – 9News

James Holmes was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday, when a Colorado jury rejected his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The closing arguments suggested that the issue at stake in the case was whether the mass killer was sane or

Reuters/Andy CrossJames Holmes and his defense attorney Daniel King (R) sit in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial, Colorado June 4, 2013. Jurors in the trial of James 

In this image taken from video, James Holmes (upper far left) listens to defense attorney Daniel King give closing arguments during Holmes' trial in Centennial, Colo., on Tuesday. Holmes was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in the deaths of

Added on 5:30 PM ET, Thu July 16, 2015. The jury in the James Holmes murder trial has found him guilty on 12 counts of first-degree murder in the 2012 shooting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater.

Jurors returned a guilty verdict late Thursday in the case against James Holmes, the gunman in the nightmarish attack on moviegoers at a midnight showing of Batman: The Dark Knight Rises in July of 2012, which left 12 people dead and dozens more