People v. Waters

COYTE, Judge.

Defendant, Ronald J. Waters, appeals the judgment of the trial court entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of felony criminal mischief.

Although it was undisputed that on the evening of May 17, 1979, a van driven by defendant and carrying his three brothers and four friends stopped at an intersection behind a Volkswagen Beetle driven by the victim and carrying his wife, and three other family members, the events thereafter are in dispute.

The victim and his relatives testified that defendant walked up to his car, began swinging a motorcycle chain, and then pulled a knife…