State v. Wigget

Defendants Cleo Wigget, Randy Wigget, Richard Wigget, and Robert Wigget, who are brothers, appeal separately from convictions arising out of their having jointly attacked and beaten a police officer who was attempting to arrest Cleo. Because the facts and issues in all of the appeals are substantially the same, we render our decisions in one opinion. We vacate each defendant’s convictions and remand for entry of new judgments and resentencing.

During the night of September 20, 1983, Lake County Deputy Sheriff Lawrence Ruth encountered defendant Richard sitting on the gravel shoulder of a road…