Defendant's breaking of a car window in the course of committing a petit larceny of the car's contents constituted, in addition to criminal mischief in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 145.00 [1]), auto stripping in the first degree (Penal Law former § 165.10 [1]), which is committed when a person "removes or intentionally destroys or defaces any part of a vehicle" (Penal Law former § 165.09 [1]) and has been previously convicted of auto stripping in the second...
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