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Initial appearance is not the arraignment but an advisement of bond hearing and at that time the defendant is told what his rights are. and if charges have been filed what those charges are. thereafter, there is a preliminary hearing similar to california. and then the arraignment happens after the preliminary hearing. and ultimately a trial by jury. thats the process in colorado as i understand it. again, the family wants to reiterate that their hearts go out to the victims and their families. ...

Suffering happen and what does it really mean. martha: boy, indeed it is. those are the big questions this morning and police say that the 24-year-old suspect, james holmes is refusing to cooperate ahead of his court appearance which happens this morning. right now he is in solitary confinement. alicia acuna is live outside the courthouse in centennial, colorado, where this will play out in next couple hours. how is this expected to go? >> reporter: this could all be over with in five minutes or...

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Five advisement, where the judge basically told the defendant what constitutional rights he can expect to have in this case. you heard the judge say that there was a probable cause determination. in colorado we do an initial probable cause determination to make sure that theres kind of an overview of the evidence so that the court knows that theres enough evidence to continue to hold the defendant. the defendant is being held without bond at this point in time. eventually there will be a prelimi...

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>>reporter: we waiting to see the results. the department of justice took the matter under as viedment -- under advisement and are looking into the matter. so i assume they are probably looking further into e-mails and probably trying to interview the employees and find out whether there really is justification for moving forward with some kind of a prosecution. >>neil: if you allow for every harrahs worker to have voted or talked into it and no one is saying that, but it would have not made a d...

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