STATE v. MENDOZA

No. 79-1192-CR.

96 Wis.2d 106 (1980)

291 N.W.2d 478

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Respondent, v. James Ray MENDOZA, Defendant-Respondent and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant and cross-respondent the cause was argued by Jon Peter Genrich, assistant district attorney for Milwaukee county, with whom on the brief were E. Michael McCann, district attorney, and Thomas J. Hammer, assistant district attorney.

For the defendant-respondent and cross-appellant there were briefs by James M. Shellow, Stephen M. Glynn and Shellow & Shellow, attorneys, and Waring R. Fincke, of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Glynn.


CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.

On November 11, 1974, James Ray Mendoza (hereinafter defendant) was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two Milwaukee police officers. Trial was held before the Hon. HUGH R. O'CONNELL, Circuit Judge. The defendant appealed, and in State v. Mendoza, 80 Wis.2d 122, 258 N.W.2d 260 (1977), this court reversed the conviction and remanded...

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