Thompson v. State

At a crowded apartment-complex party, Roger Thompson (defendant) came down from his apartment and fired a gun three times toward the ground in the direction of an argument between the victim and another person; one bullet grazed the victim, who ran away scared. Thompson claimed he fired only to calm the argument down; the State of Georgia (plaintiff) charged him with aggravated assault, and a jury convicted him. Thompson appealed, arguing he couldn't be guilty because he never intended to assault the victim.