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Was shot the other day in a drive by shooting. young people he's been associating with. i believe it's safer for him to be here to work with morris. >> now it's an issue of him being safe? >> that's one of the issues yes. >> okay. that's all il have, judge. >> anything else? >> mr. fleming, the main issue is you fear thata morris won't e present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and that's based on his past behavior. >> yes, ma'am it, absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> morris when you didn't come to court on july 24th, did your mother come? >> yes. >>ç have there been other time wh...

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 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, didn't even come? i was scared. they said i was going two years in placement. >> so you run away. i'm not going to recommend tau go home. i'm try to keep you staying here so we can work something out here. >> it's not going ...

Hold before we say the answer is just to keep him locked up. >> well, that would be fine, but morris has tended to befriend some young men, one, for instance, who was shot the other day in a drive-by shooting. the young people that 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. >> okay. that's all i have, judge. >> anything else mrs. guzek? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that mr. morris won't be present for future hearings? >> yes...

All right? 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 interest, 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. and my preference is that children should be home with their parents. as opposed to, you know, detained at a detention center. >> you know you had a court hearing and you didn't even come? >> i was scared. they said they were going to give me two years in placement. >> so...

Morris has tended to befriend some young men, one, for instance, who was shot the other day in a drive-by shooting. the young people that 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. >> okay. that's all i have, judge. >> anything else mrs. guzek? >> mr. fleming, just to reiterate, the main issue is you fear that mr. morris won't be present for future hearings? >> yes. >> and that's based on his past behavior? >> absolutely. >> no further questions, judge. >> ...