Belman v. State

How courts have described this case

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• noting the \ancient rule of statutory construction that penal statutes should be strictly construed against the government\
• “Where a statute is ambiguous and the legislative intent is in doubt, the courts are inclined toward the construction most favorable to the accused.”

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