Judge denies DC sniper Malvo's request to vacate Maryland murder convictions

A Montgomery County circuit court judge has denied Lee Boyd Malvo’s request to vacate his "plea agreement" in which he pleaded guilty to committing six murders in Montgomery County in October 2002. FOX 5's Bob Barnard has the story.

ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge has denied convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo’s request to vacate his 2002 plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to committing six murders in Maryland.

DC sniper Malvo seeks to vacate six Maryland murder convictions

Convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo’s attorneys are expected to argue Wednesday for the vacating of his six murder convictions in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Malvo, who was 17 when he and John Allen Muhammad killed 10 people in the Washington, D.C. area during a three-week spree in October 2002, was sentenced to life without parole. Muhammad was executed in Virginia in 2009.

In 2022, Maryland courts ruled that Malvo must be resentenced due to U.S. Supreme Court decisions on juvenile sentencing made after Malvo received six life sentences without parole.

Despite this, the high court noted that Malvo is unlikely to be released, as he is also serving life sentences for murders in Virginia.

FAIRFAX, : Sniper suspect Lee Malvo (c) leaves a pre-trial hearing at the Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court 04 December 2002 in Fairfax, Virginia. Malvo is a suspect in a sniper style killing spree. It has been reported 02 July 200

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