VOLKOVA v. STATE

S21A0006.

855 S.E.2d 616 (2021)

VOLKOVA v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Kyle Winchester , Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester, 1800 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Jason Michael McLendon , McLendon Law Firm, LLC, 1800 Peachtree Street, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Daniel J. Porter , District Attorney, Lee Franklin Tittsworth , A.D.A., Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, Daniel Sanmiguel , Assistant Solicitor-General, Hall County Solicitor's Office, P.O. Box 1072, Gainesville, Georgia 30503, for Appellee.


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...

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