Welch v. State

DOYLE, Presiding Judge.

Ontarios Welch appeals the denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction of two counts of child molestation.1 Welch argues that the trial court erred by failing to call the non-testifying child victim as a witness and that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call the victim. We affirm, for the reasons that follow.

Viewed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that in 2005, Christy Welch noticed that her 12-year-old daughter, R. F., was “walking funny,” and R. F. told her that “she was hurting in her private area.” The mother examined R. F. and…