During a trial for robbery, the defense lawyer called a witness to testify that two days before the robbery, the defendant told him that he was going to visit his relatives in another city. The prosecutor objected on the ground of hearsay. If the court sustained the objection, the reasons would be the following But ( ).

A. The testimony was hearsay not within any exception.

B. The testimony was intended to prove that the defendant was not the robber.

C. The testimony presented an out-of-court statement offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted therein.

D. The testimony was intended to prove defendant’s then -existing state of mind.

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