POLEN, J.
Appellant, Edwin Deason, has timely appealed guilty verdicts from a jury trial for cruelty to animals and attempted inhumane slaughter of an animal due to the exclusion of evidence which tended to support Deason's theory of defense. We reverse for the reason that follows.
On December 9, 2002, Deason was in Boca Raton at a home where pigs were maintained in the backyard. Accompanying Deason were his long-time girlfriend Tammy O'Brien, Carolyn Leonelli...
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