State v. DeYoung

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

In this appeal from a conviction for first-degree criminal damage to property, appellant argues: (1) the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion to modify the standard Spreigl jury instruction to specify that evidence of two prior incidents in which he damaged property was admitted only to prove identity and motive; and (2) when the victim testified that she had paid exactly $500 for replacement parts to repair the damaged property and performed the labor herself, there was insufficient evidence to prove that the cost of repair and replacement…