RICHMOND,
Roush will succeed Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr., who is retiring at the end of the month.
The appointment, announced Monday, requires General Assembly confirmation. Fairfax County's 13-member legislative delegation, which includes both Democrats and Republicans, recommended Roush in a letter to McAuliffe in May.
Roush is best known for presiding over the 2003 trial of D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison. The Virginia Supreme Court also chose Roush to preside in the ongoing case of Charles Severance, who is charged with killing three people in Alexandria.
Roush has been a circuit judge for 22 years.
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