McLAUGHLIN v. THE STATE

Branch, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Kimberly West McLaughlin was convicted in Cobb County Superior Court of a single count of aggravated assault. McLaughlin now appeals from the denial of her motion for a new trial, arguing that she received ineffective assistance of counsel based on her attorney’s failure to seek a continuance to obtain evidence of battered person syndrome to use in support of McLaughlin’s sole defense. We agree, and we therefore reverse the trial court’s order.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, the defendant is no longer entitled to a presumption of innocence and we…