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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
September 18, 2001 Session

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICHARD W. HERRELL, A.K.A. RICKY
HERRELL

Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dickson County
No. CR3525 Robert Burch, Judge

No. M1998-00767-CCA-R3-CD - Filed November 6, 2001
The Appellant, Richard W. Herrell, a.k.a. Ricky Herrell, was indicted by a Dickson County Grand Jury for vandalism resulting in personal property damage of $500 to $1,000.  Following a bench trial, Herrell was found guilty of the indicted charge and received a two-year suspended sentence.  On appeal, Herrell raises one issue for our review: Whether the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support his conviction.  After review, we find no error and affirm the judgment.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3; Judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.
DAVID G. HAYES, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GARY R. WADE, P.J., and JERRY
L. SMITH, J., joined.
Troy L. Brooks, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Richard W. Herrell, a.k.a. Ricky Herrell.
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael Moore, Solicitor General; Patricia C. Kussmann, Assistant Attorney General; Dan Mitchum Alsobrooks, District Attorney General; and Suzanne Lockert, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.
OPINION

Factual Background
No stenographic record of the trial proceedings was prepared in this case.  A narrative statement of the evidence is provided as required by Tenn. R. App. P. 24(c), which recites the following facts:
The first witness called was Penny Herrell, the estranged wife of the Appellant. She
and Appellant were separated and there had been some difficulty about possession of the house.  As a result of this difficulty, Appellant had been arrested some days before the incident for which Appellant is on trial.  Also arrested at that time were Appellant

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