CENTENNIAL, Colo. (MCT) — The hair was still bright orange, but this time it lay neatly combed into bangs. The demeanor was more focused, less wild-eyed than one week before.

Outwardly, it seemed to be a different James Eagan Holmes who appeared in court Monday to face 142 criminal counts, including 24 of first degree murder, stemming from the mass shooting at a movie theater in nearby Aurora. This was a more composed figure, one who made eye contact with the judge and answered with a polite “Yes” to the one question he was asked.