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GALVESTON, Texas—A young father was convicted Tuesday of badly injuring his infant daughter by putting her in a microwave, with jurors rejecting his claim that he was insane at the time.

Jurors deliberated about four hours before finding Joshua Mauldin, 20, guilty of felony injury to a child.

After the verdict, jurors heard testimony in the punishment phase of the trial and deliberated for 2 1/2 hours without a decision. They were expected to resume Wednesday. Mauldin faces anything from probation to life in prison. Prosecutors asked jurors to sentence him to life in prison because his daughter will endure a lifetime of physical and emotional scars. Defense attorneys asked them to give him probation so he could continue psychiatric treatment.

Mauldin had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, saying he was having a psychotic episode when he put his then 2-month-old daughter, Ana, in a hotel microwave for 10 to 20 seconds last May while her mother and grandmother were away. Prosecutors said Mauldin was angry that he was in a loveless marriage and took it out on his daughter. Just before putting her in the microwave, Mauldin had punched the baby and put her in the hotel-room safe and refrigerator.