James Holmes found guilty of murder in Aurora shooting
In addition to the 24 counts of first-degree murder, Holmes faced 140 counts of attempted murder and an explosives count, NBC said.
Holmes’s defense attorneys argued during the trial’s proceedings that he was mentally insane during the 2012 rampage.
The former doctoral student in neuroscience at the University of Colorado-Denver reportedly suffered from schizophrenia.
Holmes would have likely been committed to a mental institution had he been found not guilty by reason of insanity for all of the charges against him.
Thursday’s ruling rejects the defense that his mental state made him unaccountable for the shooting.
Updated at 6:50 p.m.
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