Washington sniper John Muhammad will be sentenced in Maryland today after being convicted of another six killings.
Muhammad is expected to return to Virginia's death row soon after he is sentenced for a second Washington-area sniper conviction, but it is unclear whether he will face prosecution in other states.
Muhammad (45), was found guilty of six October 2002 shootings by the Maryland jury on Tuesday and could be sentenced of life in prison without the possibility of parole for each murder.
Maryland prosecutors said the second trial was needed insurance in case his Virginia death sentence and conviction for a sniper shooting there was ever overturned.
But several other states and jurisdictions still have charges pending against Muhammad and his accomplice, Lee Malvo, for other sniper shootings. They include Louisiana, Alabama, Washington DC and Prince George's County in Maryland.
A decision to send the pair to other states will be made by Virginia, which prosecuted the pair first and sent them to Maryland under an agreement that they be sent back when the Maryland cases were finished.
Muhammad and Malvo (21), were accused of shooting 13 people in the Washington region during a three-week period in October 2002. Authorities linked the Bushmaster rifle found in their car to earlier shootings in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Maryland. They are also suspects in shootings in Arizona and Washington state.
AP