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Prosecutors said Judge Jeffrey Ferguson made a gun-like gesture towards his wife Sheryl as they argued at a restaurant

Later, Ferguson shot her once in the chest at close range at their Anaheim Hills home

The former jurist has been sentenced to 35 years to life in prison

A California judge who once sentenced defendants from the bench will now serve time himself: 35 years to life in prison for fatally shooting his wife after a drunken argument over money.

Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, was convicted in April of second-degree murder with gun enhancements for the 2023 killing of his wife, Sheryl, 65, PEOPLE previously reported .

Prosecutors said the couple argued about family finances at a Mexican restaurant on Aug. 3, 2023, where Ferguson, then an Orange County Superior Court jud

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