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Anthony STOKES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 3D03-974.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    May 12, 2004.
    Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
    Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Fredericka Sands, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SHEVIN and WELLS, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Smithers v. State, 826 So.2d 916, 930 (Fla.2002)(“A ruling on a motion for a mistrial is within the sound discretion of the trial court and should be ‘granted only when it is necessary to ensure that the defendant receives a fair trial.’ Gore v. State, 784 So.2d 418, 427 (Fla.2001).”), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1203, 123 S.Ct. 1275, 154 L.Ed.2d 1045 (2003).