Ling v. State

Doyle, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Annie Ling was convicted of cruelty to a child. She appeals the denial of her motion for new trial in a single enumeration of error, arguing that her trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to secure an interpreter for her both before and during the trial. We affirm, for reasons that follow.

Viewed in favor of the verdict, 1 the record shows that the Spalding County Department of Family and Children Services (“DFCS”) received a referral alleging that Ling had physically abused her children, Catherine and Christopher Ling. In…