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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed October 29, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D25-1777 Lower Tribunal No. AL2EW5E ________________ Jose Israel Flores Arciniegas, Appellant, vs. State of Florida, Appellee. An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Marcus Bach Armas, Judge. Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Susan S. Lerner, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Haccord J. Curry, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Before LOGUE, MILLER and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Acosta v. State, 399 So. 3d 1118, 1124 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024) (“In conducting its review of the record, the appellate court does not reweigh the evidence, but simply determines whether competent, substantial evidence has been presented by the State as to each element of the crime.” (quoting Garcia v. State, 373 So. 3d 1213, 1222 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023))); Fitzsimmons v. State, 309 So. 3d 261, 265 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020) (stating a court “must affirm the trial court’s ruling if the State presented competent, substantial evidence to support the verdict”); Taylor v. State, 62 So. 3d 1101, 1113 (Fla. 2011) (noting an appellate court “does not substitute its judgment for that of the trial court on questions of the credibility of witnesses and the appropriate weight to be given to the evidence”). 2