Beltway Sniper Sidekick Drops Appeal of Virginia Life Sentences

Then-sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo (C) is brought into court to be identified by a witness during the murder trial in Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Va., on Oct. 22, 2003. Davis Turner-Pool/Getty Images

The “Beltway Sniper” co-defendant has withdrawn his appeal to the Supreme Court asking for reconsideration of life sentences without parole for murders committed when he was 17.

Virginia has enacted legislation making him eligible to seek parole.