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The Latest: Somber final sentencing for theater shooter

James Holmes appears in court to be formally sentenced, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Victims and their families were given the opportunity to speak about the shooting and its effects on their lives. The formal sentencing began Monday at Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP, Pool)
James Holmes appears in court to be formally sentenced, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Victims and their families were given the opportunity to speak about the shooting and its effects on their lives. The formal sentencing began Monday at Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP, Pool) James Holmes appears in court to be formally sentenced, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Victims and their families were given the opportunity to speak about the shooting and its effects on their lives. The formal sentencing began Monday at Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via AP, Pool)

By Associated Press 1 min read

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial (all times local):

9 a.m.

Victims and survivors of the Colorado movie theater attack are filing in somberly for the final day in court for shooter James Holmes.

Holmes has already been sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering 12 people when he opened fire on a suburban Denver movie theater in 2012.

But the final sentencing comes Wednesday morning, when Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. sentences him on more than 100 other criminal convictions, from attempted murder to weapons charges.

The conclusion of the three-day final sentencing hearing is a formality. But it gave scores of victims an unprecedented chance to tell the judge how the bloodbath has affected them over the last three years.