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Skynyrd drummer testifies in his sex offender case
ST. AUGUSTINE - Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle told a jury Thursday he never meant to violate Florida's sex offender registry law and the charges against him resulted from a "convoluted" series of mixups.
"I was just trying to get my [driver's] license," Pyle testified.
"I'm a long-haired, hippie freak ...
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but when somebody in authority tells me something, I try to listen and comply."
He told jurors: "I'm more nervous now than when we opened up for the Stones."
Pyle, 61, is charged with two counts of failing to register as a sex offender and one count of giving false information on a driver's license application.
All are third-degree felonies carrying a maximum five-year prison sentence.
He pleaded guilty in 1993 to two counts of lewd and lascivious assault in Jacksonville Beach.
Prosecutors contend Pyle moved back to Florida in 2007 and didn't register within 48 hours as required by law.
They note he gave his ol