Lawyers in the Colorado Theatre Shooting Case Head Back to Court Today

The Judge has asked both sides to come to court today for a crucial hearing before next weeks preliminary hearing. The Judge wants to make sure both sides are ready to present evidence in the case. Prosecutors are expected to outline their case against the defendant James Holmes.

Holmes has not yet entered a plea in the case where he is charged with killing 12 people and wounding 70 on July 20 in a theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora. His lawyers say that their client suffers from a mental illness.

The point of the preliminary hearing is to find out if their is enough evidence to put Holmes on trial. The Judge will decide if both sides can move forward with the case after evidence is submitted today.