A Southern California judge will stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, as ruled by another judge after finding sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was arrested in August and charged with killing his wife in their Anaheim Hills home.
The preliminary hearing was held before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Eleanor J. Hunter to avoid a conflict. Ferguson, who was presiding over criminal cases in Fullerton, was described by his attorney as believing the shooting was an accident and that his wife was the love of his life.
