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So positive for marijuana? >> yeah. but we knew that was going to happen. >> uh-huh. >> do you feel any of the effects of marijuana still? no? >> he was released off of house arrest in april of this year. and then he failed to come to his court date in july. so he didnt appear in court. his mother did, his counselors did, his probation officer did, but morris was on run away status. >> why didnt you go to court on the 24th? everybody else did. >> i was scared. >> you were scared. did you get a c...

Or five or six weeks to avoid miss mother because he knew there would be a conflict. so that worries me hes going to put himself in a situation thats going to become dangerous for him. so for all of those reasons today, the court order that he be placed at campana academy and ill order that his family participate in family counseling along with him so that he can return home sooner than later. >> all right. >> this hearings adjourned. thank you. >> say good-bye to your parents. >> bye. >> its fo...

>> thank you. no further questions. >> mr. ruck, anything else. >> all i would say, judge, is that being locked up, sitting here does something. i believe it has for morris. i would suggest that we move in increments. we move in increments from where he was was no real restrictions just you need to do what were telling you to do to now were going to put a bracelet around your ankle before we jump to the most severe conclusion, the recommendation he be shipped away from his family and brothers an...

A subsequent hearing. are there any questions? all right, then this hearings adjourned. thank you. >> want to say anything to your mother? >> i see you at 1:30. >> its okay. ill see you at 1:30, all right? youre going to be all right. ill be here all day every day. i love. >> i love you too. >> hang in there. >> i certainly understand why the court did what it did. theres not a solid support structure in place where this mother says im going to take care of this problem. while i certainly was ad...

>> come on out. >> hey, morris, how are you? down ruck, ill be your lawyer for today. >> 17-year-old morris is locked up for possession of marijuana and more importantly for failing to appear at a former court attorney. he meets with his court appointed attorney. >> today the court wants to hear a little bit about what happened and make a decision whether or not to release you today. what do you want to have happen. >> i want to get released. >> okay. did you test positive for marijuana when you...

Trying to do better. i know i got a problem. if you send me home and trust me, im going to show you -- >> morris, you remember some time back, we went through a detention hearing where you talked about your background, your history and what you wanted to have happen, correct. >> yes. >> were not going to go through all of that for todays hearing. all i want to know is what youve learned since youve been locked up. >> since ive been detained i learned how to control my anger. i would like to go h...

They were smoking marijuana. >> one of the things i know is the probation department is recommending that you stay locked up. we have our work cut out for us. the difficult challenge as a public defender for a child is distinguishing between whats in the childs best interests and what the child wants because in every case, every child wants to get out of here but theres no question that as morriss advocate that i want him to go home and my preference is that the children should be home with thei...

>> do you feel any of the effects of marijuana still? no? >> he was released off of house arrest in april of this year. and then he failed to come to his court date in july. so he didnt appear in court. his mother did, his counselors did, his probation officer did, but morris was on run away status. >> why didnt you go to court on the 24th? everybody else did. >> i was scared. >> you were scared. did you get a chance to talk to your probation officer prior to going to court? >> my probation offi...

The childs best interests and what the child wants because in every case, every child wants to get out of here but theres no question that as morriss advocate that i want him to go home and my preference is that the children should be home with their parents supposed to detained in a detention center. >> you know you had a court hearing, didnt even come? i was scared. they said i was going two years in placement. >> so you run away. im not going to recommend tau go home. im try to keep you stayi...

The influence. they found him today because he was smoking marijuana with his friends and they ran all their names at first morris was lying about his identity because he knew he had a warrant. >> you didnt take any drugs? >> had p had you. >> you why are your eyes like that? >> liking what? >> all slanty and red. >> theyre red? >> theyre red. >> were going to need medical clearance. we cant accept him like this. >> she believed that he was under the influence of marijuana. >> all right. well be...