Well-known graffiti artist Kenneth Ellis stood silently as a Baltimore County jury convicted him Friday of first-degree assault from a fight that started over a kitten.

Ellis, 27, who last year tagged countless pieces of property withthe name “Oricl” during his reign as the city?s self-proclaimed most prolific graffiti artist, was acquitted of more serious attempted murder charges stemming from an Aug. 13 2006, stabbing.