Morrison

A jury convicted Kent Morrison of attempted second degree robbery. On appeal he contends the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to impeach him on a collateral matter, the prosecutor committed misconduct in misrepresenting the collateral evidence to the jurors *160 and his $10 “crime prevention” fine should be vacated. We affirm the conviction and order the fine vacated.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

A. The Prosecution’s Case-in-chief

Vicente Hernandez waited for a bus just after midnight at the comer of Vermont Avenue and Venice Boulevard. Hernandez saw a van drive by, make a U-turn, and pull into the strip mall behind the bus stop. Two men got out of the van. One of the men “stared” at Hernandez while the other man, later identified as codefendant Isaiah Young, stood on the comer and “was looking around.” Suddenly, Hernandez felt a blow to the back of his head and someone grabbed his hands and pulled them behind his back. The person held Hernandez’s hands with one of his hands while he searched Hernandez’s pockets with his other hand. The person who did this was not Morrison or Young. When Hernandez called out “the police is coming” the person searching him…