The State charged Lewis with first degree robbery. Before the jury trial, the trial court granted the State’s motion to exclude two pieces of evidence: (1) any reference to the allegation that Flores might be a prostitute, and (2) any reference to Crocker’s prior felony drug conviction. Lewis did not object.

3. Even if such evidence were relevant such that its exclusion was error, any error was harmless. The only money in question was the $20 that Crocker gave to Flores. Lewis admitted that Flores had given him the $20 (to explain his having Crocker’s Walmart receipt on his person when apprehended). Lewis claimed that his mother had given him the $113 found on his person when apprehended; he did not testify that he received the $113 lawfully from Crocker, namely through Flores. Even if Lewis’s defense had been that he had lawfully received the $113 from Crocker through Flores, he could have so testified without addressing whether Flores was a prostitute.

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