Strangulation Law

5.01.020 Assault and Battery
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(b) Assault and Battery in the Second Degree. A person who commits assault and battery in one or more of the following aggravated circumstances is guilty of assault and battery in the second degree:
(1) willful infliction of serious physical harm;
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Assault and Battery in the Second Degree is a class B offense.

5.10.010 Definitions

(18)“Serious Physical Harm” means bodily injury which involves a temporary but substantial disfigurement, or which causes a temporary but substantial loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part or organ, or which causes a fracture of any bodily part, or strangulation.