Carter v. State

Smith, Judge.

Timothy Carter was convicted by a jury of four counts of criminal damage to property in the first degree, OCGA § 16-7-22 (a). Each count represents an offense against a different person in an apartment unit at the time shots were fired indiscriminately into the unit by Carter. He appeals, enumerating the denial of his motions for directed verdict on all four counts. Carter concedes that his two enumerations raise a single issue dealing with the scope of the statute under which he was convicted.

“A person commits the offense of criminal damage to property in the first degree when…