Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson is facing 40 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday after his second-degree murder conviction for shooting his wife following an hours-long argument.

The 74-year-old Ferguson was convicted in April of killing 65-year-old Sheryl Ferguson on Aug. 3, 2023, at their Anaheim Hills home. Jurors also found true a sentence-enhancing gun allegation.

A previous jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of a second-degree murder conviction, prompting the retrial.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eleanor Hunter — brought in to oversee the case because of Ferguson’s position on the Orange County bench — on Wednesday denied a defense motion for a new trial. Defense attorneys Frances Prizzia and Cameron Talley made a case for ineffective assistan

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