LACONIA, N.H. (AP) – A mother who said she had been drinking heavily and couldn’t remember biting, stabbing or hitting her sons was found guilty Tuesday of four assault charges.

Jacqueline Weiner’s sons, ages 10 and 13, testified that she hit and bit the younger boy on Sept. 20 before stabbing him in the arm after one of her stuff animals was destroyed. The older boy also testified that he had been hit in the head by his mother.

Crying throughout most of her testimony Monday, Weiner, 39, talked about her hopes when her family moved to New Hampshire last spring and the distress she felt as tensions between her husband and her boys grew.

Weiner was convicted of three charges of second-degree assault and one of simple assault. Despite requests from her lawyers to remain out on bail, she was handcuffed and taken to the Belknap County House of Corrections, where she will be held without bail until her sentencing hearing in about 45 days.

Last month, the boys’ stepfather, Steven Weiner, 49, was convicted of two felony assault charges related to the Sept. 20 incident and is awaiting sentencing.

The jury deliberated briefly Monday afternoon before recessing until Tuesday.

Both boys testified that that Jacqueline Weiner made the younger boy lie face down on the floor before attacking him.

Weiner testified that she has little memory of what happened that night, other than she wanted to make a nice dinner for the family. She said she wanted her husband to stay inside with her instead of going outside to look for the boys, afraid of what would happen if he found them.

Defense lawyers said that Jacqueline Weiner did not act knowingly the night she allegedly attacked her son. They said she was intoxicated, caught in a control struggle between her boys and their stepfather.

Prosecutor Lauren Noether said Weiner knew exactly what she was doing and proceeded to hit and bite the boy before going to the kitchen for a knife.

The 13-year-old called 911 for help the night the Weiners were arrested.

“I told her that she was crazy and I ran and got the phone and went out the door,” he said.

The boys are in state custody.

Jacqueline Weiner has maintained that the boys had behavior problems and she sought help through state agencies.

Steven Weiner briefly tried to use a “battered parent syndrome” defense but withdrew it after the state objected. Unlike battered woman syndrome – accepted in homicide cases where battered women killed their spouses – battered parent syndrome is not an accepted defense in New Hampshire.