PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A judge dismissed one of the charges against a woman accused of leaving her 1-year-old daughter strapped in a car seat overnight with the sun roof and windows open amid a violent storm.

Brandi Morgan, 25, of Pittsburgh, had been charged with reckless endangerment, child endangerment, leaving a child unattended in a vehicle and resisting arrest.

District Judge Eugene Ricciardi on Friday dropped the resisting arrest charge, ruling that if Morgan resisted it was likely because of her emotional state at the time.

A passer-by discovered the child rain-soaked, covered with leaves and dirt and wearing only a diaper at about 6:45 a.m. on July 18, police said. Morgan was found in an apartment across the street.

Morgan's attorney, Martin Dietz, said his client did not get home from work until well after midnight that night, unloaded some things in the house and fell asleep.

''She was, frankly, working very hard to provide for this child,'' he said.

The child was treated at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for exposure. She now is with relatives.


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I love this "working very hard for their child" My Wife and I bust our asses every day for our kids and the thought of me even leaving my kid in a vehicle for more than 30 seconds is insane. For a stunt like this she needs to get the book thrown at her.

How would you like it if you have to go to jail for an honest mistake like that?
Also, as you stated, you are a husband with a wife. She seems to be single. Big difference.
And before you give grief about being single. It's not always the wife's fault.

Honest mistake? How in the hell can you forget about an infant? It is 100% inexcusable and irresponsible.