Sentenced to die, Charles Mamou has always maintained his innocence. The prosecution presented an elaborate story of a man who went on a shooting rampage that included a sexual assault. That story was then shared by the media.
What took place on December 6, 1998, according to witness testimony and actual evidence, began with an attempted robbery. The prosecution’s witness, Kevin Walter, helped arrange the sham ‘drug deal’ through a cousin from Sunset, Louisiana. Walter testified during the trial regarding the robbery of Charles Mamou.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 95:
Q. You didn’t have any guns?
A. One.
Q. One gun?
A. Exact.
Q. Terrence Gibson?
A. Yes.
Q. And that was going to take care of whatever was necessary in terms of getting the $20,000 from Chucky Mamou, correct?
A. Correct.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 96:
Q. Let’s back up for a second. Tell me – describe to the members of the jury, what was your plan? Just tell them in your own words, what was the plan to get the money? Let them know.
A. See the money, count the money, and see can I walk away with the money. That was my plan.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 101:
Q. So if the police weren’t there, you would do whatever it takes to take the money? Fair statement? This is all about you getting twenty grand, right?
A. Right.
Q. I believe your testimony when Mr. McClellan was talking to you was the plan was to rob the defendant, Charles Mamou, correct?
A. Correct.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 102:
Q. So, you’re feeling comfortable that’s where you’re going to rob him, at that store over there?
A. Yeah, I feel more comfortable off Cavalcade.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 105:
Q. You never had any intention of giving him any dope?
A. Right.
Q. From start to finish, your plan is to rip him off?
A. Right.
Q. At some point, when it’s obvious to you that twenty thousand is no longer an issue, according to your testimony, and it’s only forty-five hundred, you’re still wanting to rip him off even for the forty-five hundred?
A. Yeah.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 112:
Q. But you had already planned for everybody that was going to meet after you had ripped off Chucky Mamou of his money?
A. Yes.
After testifying to picking up Mary Carmouche, Kevin Walter continues to describe the plan.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 118:
Q. So you drive all the way from the northeast side of town down to the Bennigan’s, and Miss Carmouche is with you at that time?
A. Yes.
Q. What is your plan at that point when you’re going to the Bennigan’s? Can you still see the money, count the money, take the money?
A. Exactly.
Q. So you know, when you get to that location, all four of you, that your plan is still to rip him off. Now at this point, do you believe there is still $20,000 at stake?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay. So before you go to Bennigan’s you’re still thinking, twenty grand is what I’m going to be able to walk away from if I pull this off?
A. Yes.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 120:
Q. Were you thinking at that point that you’re still going to pull this off, the plot to take his money?
A. Yes.
Q. Your thing at that point, as you’re sitting there at the Bennigan’s, is getting closer and closer; we’re finally going to be able to pull this off?
A. Right, once we count the money.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 121:
Q. You were just going to rip him off?
A. That’s what – yeah.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 125:
Q. You weren’t going to try and rob Mr. Mamou in the middle of the Fiesta store parking lot, were you?
A. Yes. If he would have counted the money there, we would have took it.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 126:
Q. So now we’ve been through several failed attempts to be able to rip him off, correct?
A. Yeah.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 127:
Q. That is, now your plan is to go wherever Chucky Mamou drives, and that’s where you’re going to rip him off?
A. If we followed him, yes.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 141:
Q. Now, was there a point in time when you decided that it was okay to tell the police what had happened once you realized you weren’t going to be prosecuted for anything, correct?
A. Correct.
Q. Is that what caused you to then come forward and say, here’s how – what I was going to do. Once some police detective shows you, tells you about how we’re not worried about you and this dope case; we’re interested in prosecuting this guy, and that’s the first time you’ve come forward with information, and you had basically explained what you testified to on direct examination?
A. Right.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 161:
Q. How were you going to get him to give you the money?
A. Once we count the money, then we take the money.
Q. Just going to jump in the car and run?
A. No. It was at gunpoint, of course, but it wasn’t no plan.
Q. Pardon?
A. If it was going to be at gunpoint, yes, of course, once we count the money.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 164:
Q. Your testimony was that if it was necessary at some point to have a gunpoint to force the money, you said that was okay, isn’t it?
A. Yes.
Q. If the plan came to that, that was okay with you?
A. No, it was no plan.
Q. But if it came to that, that was going to be all right, if it meant you getting the $20,000, right?
A. Yes.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 166:
Q. You don’t – after it’s obvious that you’re going to be going to Bennigan’s, right, you don’t let Mary Carmouche off; you don’t take her home, do you, before going there?
A. No.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 167:
Q. When did you see Terrence Gibson with a gun?
A. Early.
Volume 16 of the Reporter’s Record at page 168:
Q. But you knew he had a gun?
A. Yes.
Q. And you knew that if it came to gunpoint, then so be it, in terms of getting the $20,000 from Chucky Mamou?
A. Yes.
According to the testimony of Kevin Walter, he and his friends intended to rob Charles Mamou on December 6, 1998. As earlier posted, Kevin Walter also testified that Samuel Johnson, Mamou’s partner in the drug deal, drove away and left Mamou behind once that attempted robbery took place. According to the only witnesses at the scene, Mamou then fled in the Lexus.
Charles Mamou is out of appeals and waiting for an execution date.
Anyone with information related to this case can contact me at kimberleycarter@verizon.net. There is also a facebook page dedicated to sharing the truth.
TO CONTACT CHARLES MAMOU:
Charles Mamou #999333
Polunsky Unit 12-CD-53
3872 South FM 350
Livingston, TX 77351
