People v. M.L.

Respondent, M.L., was charged by a petition for adjudication of wardship with the offense of criminal damage to property (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 21 — 1(a)). The court found respondent guilty of the offense and placed him on two years’ probation. Respondent appeals, contending that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

At the hearing, Joseph Gaska testified that he lived at Woodhaven Lakes. On August 29, 1990, he stopped his car near his lot and stepped out of his car. He heard banging noises on the wall of a nearby bathhouse or “comfort station” and heard…