Sanders v. State

Plaintiff in error, through his counsel, by writs of error raises several issues as grounds for reversal ; these will be discussed in the opinion.

Ben Sanders, Jr., plaintiff in error (hereinafter “defendant”), was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder, having been found guilty of the murder of two police officers, Gerald Hempe and Charles Smith, of the Milwaukee city police department. The defendant brings three writs of error to review the judgment of conviction and the orders denying the postconviction motions argued by the state public defender and also those submitted by the…