
    STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Gordon Ray THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 95-1650.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    May 8, 1996.
    Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Opelousas, Gary C. Tromblay, Houma, for State of Louisiana.
    David Randal Wagley, Opelousas, for Gordon Ray Thomas.
    Before DOUCET, C.J., and THIBODEAUX and DECUIR, JJ.
   JiDOUCET, Chief Judge.

For the reasons assigned this day in the companion case of State v. Consuela Gaines Thomas, 95-1646 (La.App. 3 Cir. 5/8/96), 680 So.2d 37, the conviction of Gordon Ray Thomas is reversed, his sentence is vacated, and the case remanded for a new trial.

CONVICTION REVERSED; SENTENCE VACATED; CASE REMANDED.  