Sec. 237. Assaults by strangling or suffocating

Statutes | Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation Comprehensive Code of Justice, Title 7 Chapter 2 Subchapter E § 237 | 2019

Whoever assaults another by strangling or suffocating is guilty of a felony.

    (a) The term strangling means intentionally or recklessly impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of a person by applying pressure to the throat or neck, regardless of whether such conduct results in any visible injury and regardless of whether there is any intent to kill or protractedly injure the victim.

    (b) The term suffocating means intentionally or recklessly impeding the normal breathing of a person by covering the mouth of the person, the nose of the person, or both, regardless of whether such conduct results in any visible injury and regardless of whether there is any intent to kill or protractedly injure the victim.

 

(AS PER RESOLUTION NO. 26-737a-2012- 05 DATED 05/15/2012.)