What Is Strangulation in the First Degree Under PL § 121.13 in a Bronx Domestic Violence Case? - David Mejia Colgan

BSPE Legal Marketing Podcast · Mar 9, 2026 · 6m

From David Mejia Colgan, Esq - What Is Strangulation in the First Degree Under PL § 121.13 in a Bronx Domestic Violence Case? explains how New York Penal Law § 121.13 applies to domestic violence arrests in the Bronx and why this charge is considered one of the most serious violent felonies under New York law. The episode explores how strangulation in the first degree is defined through criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation under PL § 121.11 and the requirement that the alleged conduct causes “serious physical injury” as defined in New York Penal Law § 10.00(10). Listeners…