CONROE, Texas (AP) - Attorneys for a Texas nurse accused of fatally shooting a mother and speeding away with the dying woman's newborn son say they plan to evaluate her mental state.

Court-appointed lawyers for Verna McClain say she was confused, visibly upset and mumbling to them during a brief court hearing Thursday.

McClain is accused of shooting 28-year-old Kala Golden in the parking lot of a suburban Houston pediatric clinic and abducting Golden's 3-day-old son. The infant was later found safe.

Investigators say McClain recently suffered a miscarriage and was reportedly desperate to find a child. The 30-year-old has three children.

During Thursday's hearing, the judge delayed McClain's bond hearing until Monday to give her attorneys more time.

She's being held on a capital murder charge, which could carry a death sentence.