OPINION BY Senior Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.
In this appeal, the principal issue we consider is whether, in order to prove a violation of Code § 18.2-279, which makes it a criminal offense to discharge a firearm at or against any occupied building, the Commonwealth must establish that the defendant had a specific intent to shoot at a particular building.
BACKGROUND
The pertinent facts are not in dispute. Consistent with well-established...
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