The jury of nine women and three men delivered the verdict at 4:15 p.m., after deliberating for about 12 hours over two days. In doing so, they rejected Holmes' plea of insanity. The jury began deliberating on Wednesday morning.
With the defendant, victims and victims' families gathered in courtroom 201, the judge began reading "guilty" verdicts on the first of the 165 counts. The counts were first-degree murder after deliberation and first-degree murder, extreme indifference.
The trial now moves to a second phase, where prosecutors will argue that Holmes, 27, should receive the death penalty and defense attorneys will ask jurors to spare Holmes' life.
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