Renard Spivey, found not guilty of murdering his wife Patricia in 2023, gives his first interview since the accusation in an encore episode of 48 Hours airing Saturday, May 30 on CBS and Paramount+.
Spivey, a former Harris County sheriff's deputy and bailiff on the TV show Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez, was acquitted after a trial that began in November 2023. The jury deliberated for 12 hours over two days before returning a not guilty verdict on December 6, 2023. He told 48 Hours correspondent Natalie Morales that he still struggles with the events of July 28, 2019, when Patricia, 52, was fatally shot in their Houston home during what he described as a struggle over a gun. Spivey said in the interview, I live with it every day. He recounted arguing with Patricia, grabbing her phone, and then facing her with the gun, claiming the shots were accidental as they tussled. Prosecutors had argued the shooting was intentional, but the defense emphasized the gun's design and presented it as self-defense followed by an unintentional discharge. Patricia's family expressed disbelief at the verdict, with cousin Cybil Shepherd stating she does not believe justice was served.