State v. Mendoza

November 11, 1974, James Ray Mendoza, the defendant, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of first degree murder1 in the shooting deaths of two Milwaukee police officers. Although the crimes charged *131took place in the city and county of Milwaukee, the place of trial was moved to the city of Sparta in Monroe county on the sua sponte order of the trial court. November 12,1974 Mendoza was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and orders denying post-conviction motions entered November 3,1975.

We conclude the conviction cannot stand…