Stephens v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Appellant, Aphonso Stephens, was convicted by a jury of two counts of maliciously shooting at an occupied motor vehicle whereby the life of a person in the vehicle may be put in peril, in violation of Code § 18.2-154, and two counts of intentionally discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle so as to create a risk of injury or death to another person or so as to cause another person to have a reasonable apprehension of injury or death, in violation of Code § 18.2-286.1. 1 He contends on appeal that the firing of multiple shots constituted a single act and, therefore, the…