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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. I.M., a juvenile, Appellee.
    No. 3D12-2409.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    May 15, 2013.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Joanne Diez, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
    Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender, and Sabrina Velarde and Victoria Llerena, Certified Legal Interns, for appellee.
    Before LAGOA, SALTER, and LOGUE, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 775.021(1), Fla. Stat. (2012) (“The provisions of this code and offenses defined by other statutes shall be strictly construed; when the language is susceptible of differing constructions, it shall be construed most favorably to the accused.”); see also State v. Byars, 823 So.2d 740, 742 (Fla.2002) (“One of the most fundamental principles of Florida law is that penal statutes must be strictly construed according to their letter. Therefore, any ambiguity or situations in which statutory language is susceptible to differing constructions must be resolved in favor of the person charged with an offense.”) (citations and quotation omitted).