Gonzalez-Chavarria v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of strangulation of a household member, holding that the district court did not err in admitting certain testimony and that the evidence was sufficient to establish the elements of strangulation.
Defendant was convicted of strangulation and domestic battery for an incident in which Defendant's wife was found badly beaten. Defendant appealed only his strangulation conviction, arguing, among other things, that the district court erred in admitting the testimony of his wife's treatment physician for the truth of the matter asserted after ruling that the testimony would be admitted only for impeachment. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) assuming that the district court's statement limiting the physician's testimony was in fact a ruling, Defendant failed to establish that the admission was prejudicial; and (2) the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's finding that Defendant caused bodily injury by impeding his wife's normal circulation of blood.
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