State v. Rodriquez

¶1 Following a jury trial, Peter Rodriquez was convicted of assault in the second degree by strangu*926lation for choking Lori Hendon. Rodriquez’s primary contention on appeal is that insufficient evidence was adduced at trial to establish, as required by statute, that Hendon’s breathing or blood flow was “obstructed” when Rodriquez choked her. He also contends that, at his request, a Petrich1 instruction should have been given to the jury and that evidence of the content of Hendon’s 911 call constituted inadmissible hearsay that should not have been admitted at trial. Because Rodriquez does not…