Destiny Rivera v. Rodriguez

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• explaining that, when interpreting a statute, we “presume that, in choosing the words of the statute, ‘the General Assembly acted with full knowledge of the law in the area in which it dealt’” (quoting Philip Morris v. The Chesapeake Bay Found., 273 Va. 564, 576 (2007))
• strict construction of penal statutes is limited to resolving reasonable ambiguities
• strict construction of penal statutes is limited to resolving reasonable ambiguities
• strict construction of penal statutes is limited to resolving reasonable ambiguities

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