Accused Colorado gunman could be medicated for psychiatric exams

DENVER (Reuters) – James Holmes, the man accused of murder in last summer's shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater, could be given "medically appropriate" drugs during psychiatric interviews and possibly face a polygraph test if he chooses to raise an insanity defense, the judge in the case said on Monday. The ruling by Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester came a day before Holmes is scheduled to enter a plea in the case and over the objections of defense lawyers who have argued that Holmes should not be drugged while undergoing examinations by court-appointed psychiatrists. …