People v. Betts

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Mary McGowan Davis, J.), rendered August 18, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal mischief in the second degree, and sentencing him to terms of 6 months imprisonment and A112 years probation, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of reducing the conviction to criminal mischief in the third degree, and remanding the matter to the Supreme Court for resentencing.

The proof at trial was legally sufficient to establish that the reasonable cost of repairs to the complainant’s automobile exceeded $250, but legally…