DOUCET, Chief Judge.
This appeal seeks review of the convictions and sentences of Gordon Ray Thomas and his wife, Consuela Gaines Thomas. The defendants were involved in an armed escape from the St. Landry Parish Courthouse, theft of a court reporter's automobile, and a meandering journey through the South until the couple was captured in Tybee Island, Georgia, eight days later. This escapade garnered extensive publicity, both local and nationally. After their capture...
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