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on your case for March 23rd.

[Gavel pounds]

- There's your mother.

- Are you Ms. Dee Roberts?

- Yes, sir.

- Are you aware

of the charges

that are being

brought against you

by Harmon County,

Miss Roberts?

- I think I'm here

for my parking tickets.

- Miss Roberts, you're charged

with distributing narcotics

in a school zone.

- Is that correct,

Mr. Beckett?

- It is, Your Honor.

- That can't be right.

I never had

anything to do with drugs.

- I take that

as a not guilty plea.

Can you afford an attorney,

Miss Roberts?

- No, sir.

- Does the county have

a recommendation on bail,

Mr. Beckett?

- Well, selling drugs

in a school zone

is a very serious charge,

Your Honor.

County recommends bail

at $70,000.

- Miss Roberts,

the court appoints

Mr. David Higgins

as your lawyer,

sets bail at $70,000,

schedules a preliminary hearing

on your case for March 23rd.

[Gavel pounds]

- Diane,

get down from there.

- And hurry up.

- Alma.

- Hey, Darrell.

- Heard about Dee.

Figured I'd better

come get the girls.

Hey.

- Hi, Daddy.

- Guess what I got.

Look.

- He's got candy.

[Horn honks]

- Hey!

- Hey, come on.

Let's get out of here.

Come on.

We go bye-bye.

We going bye-bye.

- You know Dee got custody.

- Dee's in jail.

- She ain't staying.

- That's not what I hear.

- Hello, Miss Roberts.

I'm David Higgins,

the lawyer

appointed by Judge Pryor

to represent you.

And this is Robert Foster,

assistant district attorney.

- Miss Roberts, you've been

indicted by a grand jury

as a drug dealer.

And the district attorney's

been gathering information

for months.

He has a very strong case.

- There must be

some kind of mistake.

- Miss Roberts, I would

advise you to be silent.

Mr. Foster's job

is to build a case against you.

- You can ask anyone.

I don't have

anything to do with drugs.

- Miss Roberts,

you're only hurting yourself.

Mr. Foster, were drugs found

on Miss Robert's person

when she was arrested?

- Apparently not.

- At her place of work?

In her home?

Does she have any record

as a drug dealer?

- The Harmon County

Drug Task Force

has conducted an extremely

impressive operation.

It convinced the DA.

It convinced

the grand jury.

And frankly, David,

if you saw it,

it'd convince you.

- Miss Roberts,

how many children do you have?

- Four.

Sherice is eight,

Sharonda's five,

Laquisha's four,

Tanya's two.

But I never done any drugs,

and I wouldn't-

- Mr. Foster,

could I speak with you alone

for a minute, please?

- Certainly.

[Indecipherable speech]

- Miss Roberts, you have

a very talented lawyer.

And against my better judgment,

he has convinced me

to offer you a plea bargain.

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