in 1967, waggonner, along with his chief deputy and subsequent successor as sheriff, vol dooley, were accused of collusion with then judge o. e. price and district attorney louis h. padgett, jr. of the 26th judicial district (the son of the sheriff whom waggonner had succeeded to the office) to rig the double murder trial of rodeo star jack favor. favor was falsely accused of shooting to death an elderly couple, mr. and mrs. w. h. richey, who operated a bait and tackle business near haughton in south bossier parish. waggonner believed the false testimony of favor's accuser, floyd edward cumbey. after his conviction was overturned favor sued for wrongful conviction and imprisonment but settled for $55,000. the actor robert norsworthy, under the fictitious name "sheriff gerker," played waggonner in the 1998 television movie, "still holding on: the legend of cadillac jack".