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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 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...

Or five or six weeks to avoid miss mother because he knew there would be a conflict. so that worries me he's going to put himself in a situation that's going to become dangerous for him. so for all of those reasons today, the court order that he be placed at campana academy and i'll order that his family participate in family counseling along with him so that he can return home sooner than later. >> all right. >> this hearing's adjourned. thank you. >> say good-bye to your parents. >> bye. >> it's for the best. i love you, too. i'll see you. we'll see you there. okay. >> i think morris is a st...

>> 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 we're telling you to do to now we're 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 and sisters. i would just ask that the court give some credence to what he said on stand today. >> j...

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. >> 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 solid support structure in place where this mother says i'm 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 court's ...

>> come on out. >> hey, morris, how are you? down ruck, i'll 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 came in? >> you did. >> yeah. >> all right. the court's going to ask you why you were using mariju...