all of his purchases of the weapons and the explosives and everything that he did, the fact that he armed -- he armored himself, dressed in armor to avoid being killed himself when he carried out this attack, to the calm way he went into -- he bought a ticket, went into the theater, made the display of sort of using a cell phone to get to the door that he then ultimately propped open so he could come back in armed and open fire almost exactly three years ago. it was so meticulously planned, the prosecution argued, that this was someone who did know the difference of right from wrong and that's obviously what the jury sided with. >> the reason this trial took so long to actually go to trial was because of a series of legal battles over whether he was fit to stand trial. does the defense now have recourse in terms of appeals on the decision that he was in fact fit? >> reporter: well, we don't know yet what the grounds for appeal will be, but it's a fair bet