A former veteran Orange County Superior Court judge who pulled a pistol from his ankle holster and fatally shot his wife during a heated argument at the couple’s Anaheim Hill’s home received a life sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 17, for a killing that shocked the local legal community.

Five months after an Orange County Superior Court jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, was ordered to serve 35 years to life in state prison for the killing of wife Sheryl Ferguson on Aug. 3, 2023. The sentence was a few years shy of the maximum 40-years-to-life-sentence he had faced.

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An emotional Ferguson described it as a “horrific accident” during Wednesday’s sentencing, adding that he has “enormous grief” for the couple’s son and her brothers. The son and

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