People v. Mu-Min

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a conviction, following a bench trial, of criminal mischief in the third degree for intentionally causing damage to property in an isolation cell at the Cattaraugus County Jail. We conclude that the evidence, although circumstantial, was sufficient to establish that defendant intentionally caused the damage (see, People v Dowd, 115 AD2d 557, lv denied 67 NY2d 761). Although defendant testified and denied that he intentionally damaged the cell, this merely raised an issue of credibility which the court, sitting as trier of the…