Police arrested Schlosser in 2004 after she told a 911 operator she had severed her baby's arms. Officers found the baby, Margaret, near death and Schlosser covered in blood, holding a knife and listening to a hymn.

At her first trial, the jury deadlocked on the murder charge in February, with 10 of the 12 jurors saying Schlosser was insane. The deadlock forced a mistrial, and the two sides agreed last week to have Judge Chris Oldner decide the case.

Defense attorneys told the judge last week that Schlosser had a brain tumor that could have caused hallucinations before the killing _ an argument not heard by the jury because the tumor hadn't been confirmed by a neurologist until weeks later.

Oldner issued the verdict without elaboration Friday morning.

Schlosser was quiet as bailiffs led her away.

Defense attorney David Haynes said she had hoped for hospitalization because "she feels it is her best chance to get better."

"We have a just verdict in a just case, but yes, it is bittersweet," he said.

Prosecutor Curtis Howard said he thought that Schlosser was guilty and that there wasn't enough evidence to prove insanity. He said the fact she told her husband afterward that she had "killed the baby" proved she knew what she was doing.

"This is a case that could have gone both ways; we knew that," Howard said.

The case against Schlosser had hinged on whether she had severe mental problems that kept her from knowing her actions were wrong.

Several psychiatrists had testified that Schlosser lost touch with reality, suffered severe mood swings and experienced religious hallucinations and delusions. One doctor said she told him she wanted to cut off her baby's arms and her own limbs and head and give them God.

The defense faulted Schlosser's husband for not getting her adequate mental health treatment and also blamed her preacher, Doyle Davidson, who believes only God can cure mental illness.