Prosecutors in Colorado theater-shooting case say insanity defense law constitutional

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Colorado shooting suspect Holmes sits with public defender Brady during his first court appearance in AuroraDENVER (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the case against accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes urged a judge to reject a defense motion to declare the state's insanity defense law unconstitutional, court filings released on Wednesday show. Last week, attorneys for Holmes asked Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester to declare Colorado's insanity defense law unconstitutional because it compels defendants who enter insanity pleas to cooperate with court-appointed psychiatrists. …

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