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State v. Guillory3/11/1998
March 20, 1993, Vance Behn rode with Calvin Washington to see the Defendant and Jeff Tezeno at the Melrose Motel. While Calvin Washington went into the motel room, Vance Behn stayed in the car and the Defendant came to the car and spoke with Mr. Behn. As the conversation ended, the Defendant raised his shirt to show Mr. Behn Daniel Dougay's .22 caliber pistol and then told him, "Don't tell anyone I'm here." Later that same morning, the Defendant rode up to Donald Washington's home on a four-wheeler and told Donald, "I got it for a dead man." The Defendant also lifted his shirt to show Donald Washington the .22 caliber pistol. Between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, the Defendant tried to sell other equipment from Daniel Dougay's shop to Shawn Bengel who was working at an automotive paint and body shop near the murder scene. When the police later showed a picture of the Defendant on television, Mr. Bengel recognized the man as the one who was riding a four-wheeler and trying to sell him automotive repair equipment. As mentioned previously, the Defendant eventually sold the four-wheeler and a Skil saw to Willie Fontenot later on Saturday afternoon.
The police located the Defendant during the evening of Monday, March 22, 1993, and later that same evening, he gave a videotaped confession. During booking procedures, the Defendant made another incriminating statement to Deputy Sconnie Granger about how he used a gun to kill the three victims. The next day, the Defendant's court appointed attorney saw him in jail and suspected that the Defendant was still high on cocaine. A test of a urine sample given by the Defendant revealed the presence of both cocaine and marijuana in the Defendant's system more than seventeen hours after the confession. Both the State and the Defendant presented witnesses who testified about the possible effect the drugs would have on the Defendant's ability to voluntarily confess to the murders.
The Defendant contends that he did not kill the victims but rather Jeffery Tezeno committed the murders and was able to blame it on the Defendant. There was no direct evidence of the Defendant's guilt. All that the State had was circumstantial evidence, the Defendant's confession, and several other incriminating statements made by the Defendant. Jeffery Tezeno worked out a plea bargain agreement with the State that in return for his cooperation in this matter, he would be convicted of accessory after the fact and sentenced to five years in prison. For whatever reason, the State never called Jeffery Tezeno to testify at trial; the State called Ms. Evelyn Oubre, Mr. Tezeno's court appointed attorney, to testify about the plea bargain agreement. According to the Defendant, because Jeffery Tezeno did not have a driver's license, he could not rent the Melrose Motel room in his name nor could he pawn the tools and equipment taken from Daniel Dougay's shop. The Defendant could have called Jeffery Tezeno to testify, but then the Defendant would have been limited in his ability to impeach his own witness.
Finally, while the Defendant was in jail, he allegedly made another confession to another inmate, Mickle Cady. On April 14, 1993, the Defendant was accidentally brought to the family court's criminal nonsupport hearings along with Mr. Cady. While waiting to be returned to jail, the Defendant allegedly told Mr. Cady how he committed the murders. It appears that Mr. Cady was in jail on a number of pending charges in addition to criminal nonsupport of his child, but none of these charges have resulted in a conviction, and Mr. Cady has bonded out of jail and lives in Virginia. The Defendant alleges that Mr. Cady is a jailhouse snitch who fabricated the Defendant's confession in return fo
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