NYSentencing

§ 121.13-a Aggravated strangulation.
  A  person  is  guilty of aggravated strangulation when, being a police
officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of  section  1.20  of  the
criminal  procedure law or a peace officer as defined in section 2.10 of
the criminal procedure law, he or she  commits  the  crime  of  criminal
obstruction  of  breathing  or  blood circulation, as defined in section
121.11 of this article, or uses a chokehold  or  similar  restraint,  as
described  in  paragraph  b  of subdivision one of section eight hundred
thirty-seven-t of the executive law, and thereby causes serious physical
injury or death to another person.
  Aggravated strangulation is a class C felony.
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