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>> 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...

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 home with my family. >...

Drive by shooting. young people hes been associating with. i believe its safer for him to be here to work with morris. >> now its an issue of him being safe? >> thats one of the issues yes. >> okay. thats all il have, judge. >> anything else? >> mr. fleming, the main issue is you fear that morris wont be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and thats based on his past behavior. >> yes, maam it, absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> morris when you didnt come to court on july 24th, di...

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 for the best. i love you, too. i...

Mr. republic? >> judge, i would call morriss mother angel to the stand, please foo if the court were to decide that morris need not be locked up any longer, would you be willing to have him released to your custody? >> im always willing. but i just wonder if thats whats best for him. >> well, do you think its best to keep him locked up? >> here, no, i dont. but as far as what helps, i know that there is a problem and he does not need some help. >> does he recognize theres a problem? >> yes, he d...

>> i. >> 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 advocating for him to go home and would have liked to have seen that, i understand the courts decision. >> with so much testimony pushing against morriss rel...

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 chance to talk to your probation officer prior to going to court? >...

>> he tells me he wasnt smoking marijuana today. >> there was about seven of them out there. >> im just going to have the nurse look at him real quick to determine that hes not under 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? >> why are you your eyes all slanty and red? >> theyre red? >> theyre red. >> were going to ne...

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? re 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 yourç prob...

Mother? >> i see you at 1:30. >> i. >> 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 advocating for him to go home and would have liked to have seen that, i understand the courts decision. >> with so much testimo...