STATE v. DHAITI

No. 4D21-1538.

329 So.3d 154 (2021)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Roody DHAITI, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rachael Kaiman , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Elijah Giuliano , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


A little bit of statutory construction and the rule of lenity are at issue in the State's appeal of the defendant's sentence. The State argues the trial court erred by withholding adjudication and placing the defendant on drug offender probation, pursuant to section 948.20(1), Florida Statutes (2019), because the defendant had previously...

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