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Associating with. i believe it's safer for morris to be here for us to work with morris. >> so now it's an issue of him being safe? >> well, that's one of the issues, yes. >> oh, okay. that's all i have, judge. >> anything else? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that morris won't be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and that's based on his past behavior. >> yes, ma'am. absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> morris when you didn't come to court on july 24th, did your mother come? >> yes. >> have there been other times when you leave the home without you...

Drive-by shooting. young people he's been associating with. i believe it's safer for morris to be here for us to work with morris. >> so now it's an issue of him being safe? >> well, that's one of the issues, yes. >> oh, okay. that's all i have, judge. >> anything else? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that morris won't be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and that's based on his past behavior. >> yes, ma'am. absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> morris when you didn't come to court on july 24th, did your mother come? >> yes. >> have there been other...

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' advocate that i want him to go home. my preference is that children should be home with their parents. as opposed to, you know, detained in a detention center. >> you know you had a court hearing, didn't even come? >> i didn't go because i was scared. they said they would give me two years in placement. >> so you run away. i'm not going to recommend that you go home. i'm going to t...

What the child wants because in every case, every child wants to get out of here but there's no question that as morris' advocate that i want him to go home. my preference is that children should be home with their parents. as opposed to, you know, detained in a detention center. >> you know you had a court hearing, didn't even come? >> i didn't go because i was scared. they said they would give me two years in placement. >> so you run away. i'm not going to recommend that you go home. i'm going to try to keep you staying here so we can work something out. >> it's not going to work, sir. >> so...

Drive-by shooting. young people he's been associating with. i believe it's safer for morris to be here for us to work with morris. >> so now it's an issue of him being safe? >> well, that's one of the issues, yes. >> oh, okay. that's all i have, judge. >> anything else? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that morris won't be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and that's based on his past behavior. >> yes, ma'am. absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> morris when you didn't come to court on july 24th, did your mother come? >> yes. >> have there been other...