LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Presiding Judge.
The defendant appeals from the judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of forcible rape and attempted victim tampering. Because the trial court erred in excluding corroborating evidence of a videotape that elucidated the immediate surrounding circumstances of the alleged crimes, the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for a new trial.
We recount the State's version of events. In January 2002, the victim...
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