(AP) -- HOWELL, Mich. (AP) - A man who was jailed after showing up drunk to sentencing has received a 60-day jail sentence for child abuse. Livingston County Circuit Judge Michael Hatty on Thursday also sentenced Christopher Norton to three years' probation for third-degree child abuse.

Norton's 27-year-old girlfriend Jamie Barnes of Cohoctah Township was accused of biting her 3-year-old daughter to teach her a lesson. She also pleaded no contest to third-degree child abuse and will be sentenced Oct. 29.

Norton first appeared for sentencing Oct. 15. But a sheriff's deputy told the judge Norton failed a preliminary breath test.

Hatty says Norton's blood-alcohol level was 0.085 percent. The legal limit for driving is 0.08 percent.

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