Legal Opinion
Volkova v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 1, 2021No. S21A0006PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
311 Ga. 187
FINAL COPY S21A0006. VOLKOVA v. THE STATE. MELTON, Chief Justice. Liubov Volkova appeals her conviction for the murder of her husband, Jordan Whitson.1 On appeal, Volkova contends that the trial court erred by failing to properly instruct the jury on how to consider a particular statement she made to police and that her trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. 1 Volkova was indicted on June 22, 2016, for malice murder, felony murder predicated on aggravated assault, and aggravated assault. At a trial held from July…
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