( CNN ) -- A November 10 execution date was set Wednesday for John Allen Muhammad , convicted in a series of sniper-style shootings that terrorized the Washington area in 2002 . John Allen Muhammad , pictured in 2004 , was convicted in the 2002 murder of Dean Harold Meyers . Prince William County , Virginia , Circuit Judge Mary Grace O'Brien set the date at a teleconference hearing Wednesday , according to the Web site of Muhammad 's attorney , Jonathan Sheldon . Prosecutors had requested a November 9 execution date . That date is a Monday , Sheldon wrote in an e-mail to CNN . `` I pointed out that while I did not necessarily object to Monday , Nov. 9 , executions are usually scheduled for Thursdays , and that often unpredictable events occur the day before an execution requiring action by the courts or governor , or others , '' he wrote . `` I asked that the execution be on a Tuesday so that government offices would be open the day prior to the execution . The [ attorney general ] did not object to this and the judge stated that it was a good idea . '' On the Web site , Sheldon said he will file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in October and ask Virginia Gov . Tim Kaine for clemency . Muhammad , 48 , was convicted in the murder of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas , Virginia , gas station . Meyers was killed by a single bullet , which became the signature of the two-person sniper team . During a three-week period in October 2002 , Muhammad and his young protege , Lee Boyd Malvo , shot 13 people , killing 10 of them , police said . The two also are suspected in other shootings , including ones in Tacoma , Washington ; Montgomery , Alabama ; and elsewhere in the Washington metro area . Muhammad was convicted in the Meyers killing and in a murder in Maryland . Prosecutors called the second conviction `` insurance '' in case the Virginia conviction was overturned . Malvo was convicted in one of the Virginia shootings and sentenced to life in prison . CNN 's Mike Ahlers contributed to this report .
Defense lawyer : Judge sets November 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad . Attorney says he 'll file appeal for convicted Muhammad with U.S. Supreme Court in October . Muhammad and protege Lee Roy Malvo killed three people in 2002 , police say . Muhammad faces execution in Virginia death , also convicted in Maryland death .