Mom accused of salt poisoning appears in court

PITTSBURGH (AP) - July 23, 2008

The hearing for 21-year-old /*Amber Brewington*/ of Duck River, Tenn. was initially scheduled for Wednesday.

Brewington, her arms and legs shackled, appeared in court on Wednesday dressed in burgundy prison garb. Her court-appointed attorney says a first behavioral evaluation is inconclusive. Brewington will be reevaluated.

Brewington faces charges of attempted homicide for allegedly poisoning her 4-month-old son, Noah King. Earlier this month, King was transferred from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he remains in critical but stable condition.

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