Strangulation in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 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.
A person commits first-degree strangulation by committing criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation under § 121.11 and thereby causing serious physical injury. ★ It is a class C felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.