LAKEPORT >> Billy Raymond Mount’s effort at a second trial was continued in order to allow a new counsel time with court transcrpts.
Mount was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Steven Galvin, aka “T-Bone,” outside of a Clearlake home in broad daylight on July 2, 2015. In seeking a new trial, Mount has retained a private counsel, Defense Attorney David Kelvin. He will substitute in after he receives transcripts of the trial.
A pivotal issue in this case involved Galvin allegedly identifying a man other than Mount as his assailant moments before he died.
Police were led to the weapon by an acquaintance of Mount, but forensic experts were not able to lift a print or find DNA of Mount. They did, however, find evidence linking Mount to acquaintance’s truck.
Within less than four hours after the closing statements, the jury returned a guilty verdict for Murder, Assault with Semiautomatic Firearm, Maliciously Shooting From a Vehicle at Person, and Possessing Firearm within 10 years of Conviction, along with additional special allegations.
Judge Andrew Blum presided over the Sentencing Hearing, while the matter is continued to Oct. 17 in Department Three. The defendant is ordered to be present.
