NORTHCUTT, Judge.
A jury found Charles Peterson guilty of robbing a retail store. We reverse because the trial court erroneously excluded evidence bearing on the bias or motive of a key State witness and rejected a special jury instruction applicable to Peterson's theory of defense.
Both errors related to the use of force that is a necessary element of the crime of robbery. A larcenous taking of property constitutes a robbery if "in the course of the taking...
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