Clifton Sivad Montague v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-14-00266-CR Clifton Sivad Montague, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 70535, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION A jury found appellant Clifton Sivad Montague guilty of murder, found an enhancement paragraph to be true, and assessed punishment at life imprisonment. See Tex. Penal Code § 19.02. In his first point of error, Montague contends that the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted ballistics evidence from an expert…