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UPDATE: Copeland found guilty of injury to child

Hunt County Sheriff's Dept.

UPDATE 2:56 p.m. - A jury in the 196th District Court has sentenced Trevor Scott Copeland of Quinlan to 50 years in prison after finding him guilty Wednesday.

Original Story

Trevor Scott Copeland of Quinlan was found guilty of injury to a child on Wednesday and could be sentenced Thursday.

A jury in the 196th District Court found Quinlan guilty of one count of injury to a child by an act in connection with a Dec. 2011 incident in which the 2 year-old daughter of his girlfriend was severely injured. The panel will return to the court Friday to consider a potential punishment, which could range up to life in prison.