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.

Prosecutors have pledged to re-try Judge Jeffrey Ferguson after a jury deadlocked 11 to 1 in favor of second-degree murder in his recent trial.

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

Prosecutors allege that an inebriated Ferguson — angered at his wife, Sheryl, mocking him — pulled out a Glock .40-caliber pistol he always carried in an ankle holster and intentionally shot her while the couple and their adult son were watching the television show “Breaking Bad” at their Anaheim Hills home.

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.

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.

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

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.

Jurors deliberated for eight days and were split 11 to 1, with just one juror believing Ferguson was not guilty, leading to a mistrial