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James Holmes faces judge for first time in wake Colorado Theater

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AURORA, Co. -- (CBS News) The suspected gunman in the Colorado theater massacre faced a judge Monday in his first court appearance after the horrific attack on midnight moviegoers at a Batman film premiere. 

Wearing orange-red hair and looking at times emotional and at other times bleary-eyed, James Holmes sat in a maroon jailhouse jumpsuit as Chief Judge William Sylvester advised him of the case. Attorney Tamara Brady, from the state public defender's office, sat next to him in the box; attorney Daniel King is also assigned to his case. 

Relatives of at least five victims were present in the courtroom during the hearing, including the father of shooting victim Alex Teves, who sat in the front row with his eyes fixed on Holmes. 

Holmes had been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility since Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder, and he could also face additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations. 

Authorities disclosed that he is refusing to cooperate and that it could take months to learn what prompted the mass shooting.

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