After seven days of jury deliberations, the fate of an Orange County judge charged with murdering his wife remained undecided Friday as jurors struggled to reach a verdict after hearing additional arguments in the case.
Jeffrey Ferguson, a 74-year-old former longtime prosecutor, testified that he fatally shot his wife, Sheryl Ferguson, 65, on accident at their Anaheim Hills home on the evening of Aug. 3, 2023, saying he fumbled the gun due to a shoulder injury and it accidentally misfired as he reached for it from his ankle holster and tried placing it onto a cluttered coffee table. He said he had a number of alcoholic drinks that night and the couple had argued while out to dinner at a restaurant earlier in the evening.
The couple’s son reported the shooting, and the same night, Ferguson was arrested and later charged with murder…