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RandySF

(84,371 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 01:34 AM Aug 2023

CA: OC Judge Ferguson pleads not guilty to murdering his wife in their Anaheim Hills home

An Orange County Superior Court judge accused of killing his wife in their Anaheim Hills house found himself on the other side of the bench on Tuesday, Aug. 15 — standing before a Los Angeles County judge, pleading not guilty to a murder charge for a slaying his attorneys say was an accident.

Judge Jeffrey Ferguson made his plea through his attorneys to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ricardo Ocampo, who granted Orange County prosecutors’ requests that Ferguson wear a GPS monitoring device, stay away from alcohol and submit to searches as conditions of his $1 million bail.

Ocampo rejected a request by prosecutors for Ferguson to not have any contact with his 22-year-old son, who authorities say witnessed the killing. Ocampo said such contact was up to the son.

Wearing a gray suit, white shirt and a blue tie, Ferguson sat quietly at the back of the courtroom until his case was called. He said little until asked by Ocampo if he understood the new conditions of his bail.

“Yes, I do, your honor,” Ferguson said.




https://www.ocregister.com/2023/08/15/oc-judge-ferguson-pleads-not-guilty-to-murdering-his-wife-in-their-anaheim-hills-home/

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CA: OC Judge Ferguson pleads not guilty to murdering his wife in their Anaheim Hills home (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2023 OP
There are no gun Old Crank Aug 2023 #1
killer BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2023 #2
Non paywalled archive Celerity Aug 2023 #3
He had a ridiculous number NJCher Aug 2023 #4
Pulled a Glock from an ankle holster? Grins Aug 2023 #5
And in ca, no less NJCher Aug 2023 #6
Not enough ammunition to be Texas and only the bare minimum of firearms. marble falls Aug 2023 #7
-- NJCher Aug 2023 #8
... leftstreet Aug 2023 #9

NJCher

(43,176 posts)
4. He had a ridiculous number
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 02:17 AM
Aug 2023

Of guns in his house. (47)

What’s up with that?

Still, innocent until proven guilty.

Conduct very unbecoming to a judge, though. You have to wonder how he would judge a case like his.

Grins

(9,459 posts)
5. Pulled a Glock from an ankle holster?
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 02:25 AM
Aug 2023

What judge doesn’t do that? Yeah; he’s nuts.

Other line from the link:

“…investigators seized 47 legal firearms and more than 26,000 rounds of ammunition.”

26 THOUSAND rounds!!!!?? Enough for a company of Infantry??
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