Ordered that the judgment is modified, on the law, by reducing the conviction of criminal mischief in the second degree to criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and vacating the sentence imposed thereon; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the evidence at trial was legally insufficient to establish that the damage to the property exceeded $1,500 (see, Penal Law § 145.10). We agree. No expert testified as to value of...
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