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After a jury trial, Karen White Isenhower was convicted of loitering upon school premises OCGA § 20-2-1180 and criminal trespass OCGA § 16-7-21 b.1 She appeals, arguing that the evidence is insufficient to sustain her conviction for loitering upon school premises, that she received ineffective assistance of counsel, and that the trial judge erred in refusing to give a requested jury charge and in improperly commenting on the evidence. For the reasons that follow, we reverse Isenhower’s conviction for loitering upon school premises and affirm her conviction for criminal trespass.

We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307, 319 III 99 SCt 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979. So viewed, the evidence shows that Isenhower, a Heard County Commissioner, was also the mother of a student at Heard County High School. As a commissioner, she had filed complaints with Benjamin Hyatt, the superintendent of the Heard County schools, and with other entities, which alleged that Heard County High School engaged in improper child labor, as well as improper asbestos removal and disposal. After a Department of Labor investigation found no child labor violations, Hyatt sent Isenhower a letter saying that all her allegations were incorrect and that no action would be taken.

 
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