Holmes' Attorney Says His Client Now Regrets The Rampage
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - James Holmes' defense attorney, Daniel King, says his client "now regrets what took place in the theater."
"There's no rational explanation for what took place," King said Monday.
In his opening statements, King described strange behavior by Holmes in a jail cell in November 2012, nearly four months after the mass shooting in Aurora.
King showed video of Holmes running head-first into a wall. He says Holmes thought President Barack Obama was communicating with him through TV, through winks and gestures.
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On Nov. 11, 2012, King said, Holmes stood and fell backward in his cell, as if he were expecting to be caught.
"When asked why he fell backward off his bed, he looked at the deputy and said, 'I do not know if you are real," King said.
King said the next day, Holmes was found naked, licking walls, eating lunch meat between two paper cups. He sucked his thumb and cried.
King told the jury: "Look at the video, and you tell me if he would do this for notoriety."
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