The California judge who is accused of shooting and killing his wife spoke out for the first time since his case was declared a mistrial earlier this week and repeated his previous claims that the shooting was an accident.

The case of a Southern California judge charged with murder in his wife's fatal shooting has ended in a mistrial.

After eight days of deliberations, the jury was split 11 to 1 in favor of convicting Jeffrey Ferguson, who said he fumbled and accidentally fired, killing his wife.

The murder trial of an Orange County judge who pulled a pistol from his ankle holster and fatally shot his wife during an argument at their Anaheim Hills home ended in a mistrial Monday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict despite more than 40 hours of deliberations, setting the stage for an expected retrial.

A mistrial has been declared in the case of Southern California Judge Jeffrey Ferguson who was accused of fatally shooting his wife in 2023 after more than a week of deliberations. A Los Angeles Superior Court made the ruling Monday when one of the twelve jurors did not find that Ferguson was guilty of murdering his wife,

A mistrial was declared Monday in the trial against a California Superior Court judge accused of killing his wife after an Orange County jury failed to reach a verdict in the case.

Jeffrey Ferguson had been drinking and arguing with wife Sheryl on the night of her death, both the defense and prosecutors acknowledge.

Ahead of a potential retrial, Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson pleaded his case to television viewers — maintaining that the fatal shooting of his wife was a tragic mishap.

After the case of an Orange County judge charged with murder for fatally shooting his wife ended in a mistrial Monday, Jeffrey Ferguson, the man in the center of the legal battle spoke exclusively with NBC Los Angeles on Thursday.