Williams v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
MCMILLIAN, Judge.
A jury convicted Christopher Williams of two counts of child molestation, one count of sexual battery and one count of aggravated child molestation. Williams appeals the trial court’s denial of the claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel he raised in his motion for new trial. We affirm.
The evidence at trial showed that the eight-year-old daughter of Williams’s girlfriend reported to her teacher that Williams had “put his stuff inside” her, leading the teacher to report the matter to the school guidance counselor, who subsequently notified the Department of Family…
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