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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-64aa (2025)

Strangulation or suffocation in the first degree: Class C felony

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(a) A person is guilty of strangulation or suffocation in the first degree when such person commits strangulation or suffocation in the second degree as provided in section 53a-64bb and (1) in the commission of such offense, such person (A) uses or attempts to use a dangerous instrument, or (B) causes serious physical injury to such other person, or (2) such person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or section 53a-64bb.

(b) No person shall be found guilty of strangulation or suffocation in the first degree and unlawful restraint or assault upon the same incident, but such person may be charged and prosecuted for all three offenses upon the same information. For the purposes of this section, “unlawful restraint” means a violation of section 53a-95 or 53a-96, and “assault” means a violation of section 53a-59, 53a-59a, 53a-59b, 53a-59c, 53a-60, 53a-60a, 53a-60b, 53a-60c, 53a-61 or 53a-61a.

(c) Strangulation or suffocation in the first degree is a class C felony.

(P.A. 07-123, S. 8; P.A. 17-31, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 17-31 added references to suffocation.

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Cited in 10 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2013–2023 · leading case: State v. Kukucka, 186 A.3d 1171 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
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State v. Kukucka, 186 A.3d 1171 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 4× “The defendant, Dale Kukucka, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of strangulation in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-64aa (a) (1) (B), sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (1),…”
State v. Morlo M., 261 A.3d 68 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “3d 1137 (2020); the defendant filed a motion to open the judgments, and companion motions to file an additional transcript and for supplemental briefing.”
State v. Morlo M., 234 A.3d 1137 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “2 On November 28, 2016, the age of the victim’s seven children ranged from approximately fifteen months to thirteen years. The defendant is the father of the victim’s four youngest children.”
State v. Wilson, 64 A.3d 846 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “On June 27, 2011, the state filed a long form information in docket number CR-10-00107596 that charged *799 the defendant with strangulation in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-64aa. The state also filed a long form information in docket number…”
State v. James A., 286 A.3d 855 (Conn. 2022). · cites it 2× “ult in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a- 70 (a) (2), one count of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1), three counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2), one count…”
State v. James A., 286 A.3d 855 (Conn. 2022). · cites it 2× “ult in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a- 70 (a) (2), one count of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1), three counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 (a) (2), one count…”
State v. Prudhomme, 269 A.3d 917 (Conn. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 3× “’’ The defendant was subsequently arrested and charged with assault in the first degree in violation of § 53a-59 (a) (1), assault in the first degree in violation of § 53a- 59 (a) (3), strangulation in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-64aa (a) (1) (B),…”
State v. Kukucka, No. AC39039 (Conn. App. Ct. Apr. 24, 2018). · cites it 2× “The defendant, Dale Kukucka, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of strangulation in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-64aa (a) (1) (B), sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (1),…”
State v. James A., No. SC20453 (Conn. Jan. 17, 2023). · cites it 2× “The trial court rendered judgments, in accordance with the jury’s verdicts, of the following offenses charged in the threatening case: one count of threatening in the second degree, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-62 (a) (2); and one count of disorderly conduct, in…”
Cook v. Phillips, No. 3:19-cv-01982 (D. Conn. Feb. 12, 2020). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes §§ 53a-64aa, 53a-64bb, 53a-64cc.”
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