Wiley v. the State

ELLINGTON, Presiding Judge.

A Banks County jury found Crystal Wiley guilty of four counts of aggravated child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 (c); four counts of child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 (a) (1); and four counts of sexual battery, OCGA § 16-6-22.1 (b). Wiley appeals following the trial court’s denial of her motion for new trial. She contends that her trial counsel was ineffective in failing to offer his informed opinion as to whether she should accept or reject the State’s plea offer of fifteen to twenty years, to serve ten in prison.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the…