COLEMAN, Judge.
In this appeal from a conviction for forcible rape, we hold that the trial judge erred by refusing to admit evidence which tended to show that another person committed the rape. The trial judge's rulings unduly restricted the defendant's ability to present relevant and material evidence in his own defense. Because Oliva proffered evidence that directly pointed to another person as the rapist, and offered other circumstantial evidence that tended to...
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