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2024 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title H - Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation
Article 121 - Strangulation and Related Offenses
121.13 - Strangulation in the First Degree.

Universal Citation:
NY Penal L § 121.13 (2024)
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§ 121.13 Strangulation in the first degree.

A person is guilty of strangulation in the first degree when he or she
  commits  the  crime  of  criminal  obstruction  of  breathing  or  blood
  circulation, as defined in section 121.11 of this article,  and  thereby
  causes serious physical injury to such other person.

Strangulation in the first degree is a class C felony.

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