Gaerte v. State

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

Joseph T. Gaerte appeals his conviction after a bench trial of criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor.1 He raises two issues:

1. Whether the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction; and

2. Whether his sentence was appropriate.

We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Gaerte and Chris Savage were inmates at the Ripley County Jail. After the two argued, Gaerte was put in an isolation cell. *166Gaerte was angry, and he either headbutted the window in the cell or slaramed the door with sufficient force to break the window. Gaerte wrote to the Sheriff acknowledging he had…