Matthew Apperson, the man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman in a 2015 road-rage incident, was found guilty Friday of attempted second-degree murder in the incident.

Jurors also found Apperson guilty of two other charges: shooting into an occupied vehicle and aggravated assault.

He faces a mandatory 20-year minimum jail sentence.

“They understood that this case is about Matthew Apperson not about George Zimmerman," said Stewart Stone, the Assistant State Attorney who prosecuted the case against Matthew Apperson.

“I’m disappointed. I can tell you that I’m surprised. I didn’t feel that Mr. Zimmerman was credible, not in the beginning, not in the middle and not in the end," said attorney Michael LaFay, who served as Matthew Apperson's defense counsel.

"Mr. Apperson said nothing (after sentencing). He’s processing it himself and it’s a bitter pill. But there is the appellate process and he will be availing and exercising his rights to appeal," LaFay continued.

Judge Debra Nelson turned the case over to the jury at 2:39 p.m., after closing arguments from lawyers on both sides.

“They thought about the facts of the case. They followed the law and they followed the evidence," Stone said.

Prosecutor Stewart Stone reminded jurors at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center that Zimmerman is not the person on trial, only Apperson, who is charged with second degree attempted murder in the May 2015 shooting.

“He was still the victim in this case. Think what you may about George Zimmerman, he almost was killed in this case, so I’m very happy with the verdict," Stone explained.

Stone touched on the famous case, in which Zimmerman was acquitted for shooting and killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

As soon as Stone mentioned that the defense was trying to put Zimmerman on trial, LaFay, quickly objected.

“The arguments were that Mr. Zimmerman was a practiced and perpetual liar," LaFay said after the verdict.

Once that statement was made, the judge called for the jury to leave the courtroom while LaFay researched his proper objection. However, he never found case precedence for his objection and only said the prosecutor’s statement painted sympathy for Zimmerman.

Apperson is accused of shooting into Zimmerman's pickup truck as the two made their way down a busy Lake Mary Boulevard in May 2015. He has argued he shot at Zimmerman in self-defense after Zimmerman aimed a gun at him. Zimmerman has denied pointing a gun at Apperson but has said he had two firearms in his truck that day.

Stone said Apperson and Zimmerman had an ongoing feud, and when Apperson spotted Zimmerman on Lake Mary Boulevard last year, he made a U-turn, pursued him and shot into his truck, narrowly missing Zimmerman.