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.
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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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