FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth jury Thursday reached a verdict in the attempted capital murder case of Dana Wilson. <IBS_IMG id=4645212 type="photo" hspace="10" src="/2005/0623/4645212_200X150.jpg" alt="Dana Wilson" align="left" vspace="5" height="150" width="200" border="0"></IBS_IMG>Jurors found Wilson guilty of trying to murder her newborn son by wrapping him in trash bags and dumping him in a trash bin, leaving him mentally challenged

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The jury took about two hours to reach its decision.

Wilson, who is the daughter of a former Tarrant County judge, showed little emotion when she heard the verdict.

The penalty phase of the trial is now under way. Wilson faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Hurst detectives said the Texas Wesleyan University student delivered the baby alone at her home, put him in a trash bag and then threw him in a trash bin.

During the third day of the trial Wednesday, jurors heard from a friend of the accused woman and two psychiatrists who interviewed the suspect before the trial began.

Wilson's attorney said she was insane at the time of the incident, but a former classmate testified Tuesday that Wilson appeared normal on the day she abandoned the infant.

"She seemed pretty matter-of-fact about it. She said, you know, that she had given birth at home that morning, and then come to school," Amy Smith said. "And so I asked where the baby was and she said she had taken him to the hospital."

<IBS_IMG id=4640904 type="photo" hspace="10" src="/2005/0622/4640904_200X150.jpg" alt="" align="right" vspace="5" height="150" width="200" border="0"></IBS_IMG>Psychiatrists who testified during Wednesday's court proceedings said Wilson told them she did not want the baby and felt no attachment to the infant. She also said she had no remorse for the baby.

Attorneys asked the two psychiatrists if Wilson were insane the day she gave birth to and abandoned the baby. They also asked if Wilson intended to kill the infant by placing the baby in two plastic bags and leaving the child in a trash bin.

The psychiatrists, one called by the defense and the other called by the prosecution, offered differing views of Wilson's mental state and intentions.

"The severe mental illness with active psychotic features ? Dana did not know that what she was doing was wrong," Dr. Annette Shelton said.

"It's my feeling that she was not insane at the time of the offense," Dr. Mitchell Dunn said.

Wilson told psychiatrists that she left the baby in a trash bin because she saw a similar action played out in a movie.

Wilson's mother also took the stand and told jurors her daughter's learning disabilities have always caused problems.

"Dana is not mainstream. She's never been able to keep up. She's always been different and because she is different, she was not included," Delbra Wilson said.

The woman also testified that she did not know her daughter was pregnant, nor that she had dumped the baby, until four days after the incident.

A worker at a nearby veterinary clinic discovered the baby after hearing him whimper.

Doctors said the child will be mentally disabled for life because his brain was deprived of oxygen for a period after his birth.

"The (magnetic resonance imaging scan) showed multiple areas of the entire brain consistent with a lack of oxygen supply," said Dr. Terri Weinman, of Children's Medical Center.