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>> all right. the court's going to ask you why you were using marijuana. do you know how you'd answer that? >> yeah, i would tell them i was in a gang. 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 what's in the child's best interests and what the child wants because in every case, every child wants to get out of here but there's no question that as morris's advocate that i want him to go home and my ...

He shouldn't be doing all because he was afraid to come to court. for those reasons, the court is going to order he remain detained pending his next hearing because there's an unlikelihood he will appear for a subsequent hearing. are there any questions? all right, then this hearing's adjourned. thank you. >> want to say anything to your mother? >> i see you at 1:30. >> i. >> it's okay. i'll see you at 1:30, all right? you're going to be all right. i'll 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. there's not a...

>> have there been other times when you leave the home without your mom's permission? >> yes. >> when you go to school, do you go to school every day? >> yes. >> your an endence is perfect. >> yes. >> could i have a brief minute with my client. >> be honest. i'm telling. she's going to have all the records from your school. listen to the question and answer it honestly. don't make it worse. >> anything else? >> no, judge. >> all right. mr. republic? >> judge, i would call morris's mother angel to the stand, please foo if the court were to decide that morris need not be locked up any longer, wo...

Records from your school. listen to the question and answer it honestly. don't make it worse. >> anything else? >> no, judge. >> judge, i would call morris's 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? >> i'm always willing. but i just wonder if that's what's best for him. >> well, do you think it's best to keep him locked up? >> here, no, i don't. but as far as what helps, i know that there is a problem and he does not need some help. >> does he recognize there's a pr...

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 didn't appear in court. his mother did, his counselors did, his probation officer did, but morris was on run away status. >> why didn't 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 officer, he was t...