GERBER, J.
The defendant appeals his conviction for battery upon a jail detainee. He argues that the trial court erred in excluding an exculpatory defense witness at trial without considering any other alternative to exclusion. We agree with the defendant's argument and reverse.
The investigating officer's probable cause affidavit stated the following. The victim reported that, while in the jail recreation yard, another inmate named Whitehead hit him in the...
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