16 Florida’s criminal statutes must be strictly construed. Fla. Stat. §775.021(1); Perkins v. State, 576 So.2d 1310, 1312 (1991) (“One of the most fundamental principles of Florida law is that penal statutes must be strictly construed according to their letter. This principle ultimately rests on the due process requirement that criminal statutes must say with some precision exactly what is prohibited.