LING v. STATE

No. S10G0460.

702 S.E.2d 881 (2010)

LING v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Key , McDonough, for appellant.

Scott L. Ballard , Dist. Atty., Robert W. Smith, Jr. , Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

King & Spalding, Robert K. Woo, Jr. , James A. Broussard , Chara F. Jackson , Azadeh N. Shahshahani , Atlanta, David Wakukawa , Jennifer C. Newell , Araceli Martinez-Olguin , San Francisco, CA, Brian Steel, Atlanta, amici Curiae.


HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

After a Spalding County jury convicted her of one count of cruelty to children in the first degree, Annie Ling, whose native language is Mandarin Chinese, filed a motion for new trial, arguing that her trial counsel was ineffective in failing to secure an interpreter for trial and in relying on her husband to help convey the State's last minute plea agreement offer. The trial court issued an order summarily denying Ling's motion without explanation...

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