New Jury Convicts Southern California Judge of Murdering His Wife
On March 10, a previous jury deadlocked with 11 of 12 jurors voting for a guilty verdict, and a judge declared a mistrial.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson is consoled by his attorney Cameron Talley after the verdict was read in Santa Ana, Calif., on April 22, 2025. Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register via AP, Pool
After a mistrial was declared in March, a new jury found a former Orange County Superior Court judge guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 fatal shooting of his wife.
Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, was convicted on April 22 during a retrial over the death of Sheryl Ferguson, 65, in their Anaheim Hills, California home.
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