30, and Winter’s lawyers asked to see the notebook so they could be on equal footing with Holmes’ lawyers and prosecutors. Shooting upright, I pinched myself desperately hoping this horror was all just a nightmare. There were more than 300 people inside at the time. California bar shooting: Authorities believe Ian David Long, a former Marine, opened fire on a packed California country music bar Wednesday night, killing 12 people, including a veteran sheriff's. Samour must also still determine how important the notebook is to the case before ordering Winter to testify. Pulse, which is one of the biggest nightclubs in Orlando, was holding a Latin-themed event that was nearing its end when a man opened fire. If the credibility of those officials isn’t in doubt, then Samour may be less likely to order Winter to reveal her sources. The more important the notebook is to the case, Samour wrote in his order, the more important it is to determine whether the officials who testified about the notebook lied under oath. That’s significant because, in order to enforce Winter’s subpoena, Holmes’ attorneys must show that the information she would be made to testify about is important to the case. “If, without disclosing the identity of her sources, Winter is willing to state under oath and subject to limited cross-examination that her sources did not testify (at the earlier hearing), such testimony may impact the Court’s analysis,” Samour wrote in a footnote of his Friday order. That’s where the lifeline to Winter comes in. In a previous hearing, multiple law enforcement officials testified that they did not leak information about the notebook to Winter, and Holmes’ attorneys say it is now important to learn whether any of those officials lied under oath. Lawyers for Holmes said the disclosure to Winter violated the gag order in the case and started a process that led to Winter being subpoenaed to testify about her sources. Because Holmes mailed the notebook just hours before the shooting, it could become a key piece of evidence in a murder case against him that is increasingly focused on his mental state at the time of the shootings. Winter wrote a story about the notebook in July in which she reported, citing anonymous law enforcement sources, that the notebook contains violent drawings and plans. Winter faces jail time if Samour orders her to testify about her sources and she refuses. The judge overseeing the Aurora theater shooting case has denied a request by a Fox News reporter to look at a notebook suspect James Holmes mailed his psychiatrist.īut, in doing so, Judge Carlos Samour also tossed a possible lifeline to reporter Jana Winter, potentially creating a scenario in which Winter could resolve her subpoena about a story she wrote about the notebook without disclosing her sources. Department of Justice (DOJ) says 30-year. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu A Grand Rapids gang member has been sentenced to almost ten years behind bars.