The defense has been busy filing numerous motions all week, including:
- Notice of Invocation of All Statutory, Case Law, and Constitutional Privileges (D-001)
- Motion to Allow the Defense Expert to Be Present for Scientific Testing And/or Review of Evidence (D-002)
- Notice of Revocation of Any and All Waivers of Privileges or Consent and Notice of Assertion of All Privileges and Guarantees Pursuant the Constitution of the State of Colorado and the United States Constitution (D-003)
- Motion for Discovery (D-004)
- Motion for Continuing Sequestration of Witnesses (D-005)
*Motion for Protective Order (D-006)
*Motion to Preserve and Produce on for Protective Order (D-007)
- Objection to Consumptive Testing (D-008)
- Motion for Access to the Scene (D-009)
- Motion to Permit Public Defender Representatives to Attend Autopsy (D-01
In one motion, the defense says they went to the hospital the night of the shootings and were not allowed to speak with their client.
There's no good ending I can see for Mr. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa. By all accounts I've read, including the affidavits and witness statements in his earlier misdememeanor assault case, he seems to have serious mental health issues. I doubt he'll ever get out of jail. Killing ten people is one of those bells you just cant unring.
One other trait of Alissa's I noticed in the affidavit from this and his prior case: After the earlier assault, he walked into the principal's office to say he did it. In court on that case, he chose to go pro se, and pleaded guilty to the charge, without counsel. In King Soopers, he told the officers he did it right away. He seems to take accountability for his actions -- after the fact. And then claim he doesn't recall the incident very well (as if going into a disassociative state perhaps?) I'll leave it to the mental health experts to discuss what this could mean in terms of a mental defense. It may get him a stay in a mental health facility rather than a prison, at least for a while, but I doubt it will get him back home.
