E.P.W. v. State

E.P.W., a child, appeals an order adjudicating him delinquent based on two counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief.

On December 4, 2003, two cars, a 1994 Chevrolet Camaro and a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, were “keyed” in the parking lot at Mainland High School.1 The estimated cost of repairs totaled approximately $1,400.00.

At E.P.W.’s trial for this offense, there was little direct evidence tying him to the offenses. The owner of the Mitsubishi said that the day after the incident, someone in his tennis class said that he had heard that someone named “Eddie”2 had been talking about how he had…