STATE v. SYED

No. 24 Sept. Term, 2018.

204 A.3d 139 (2019)

463 Md. 60

STATE of Maryland, v. Adnan SYED.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied April 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Thiruvendran Vignarajah , Special Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, DLA Piper LLP(US), Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Argued by Catherine E. Stetson ( James W. Clayton , Kathryn M. Ali and W. David Maxwell , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC; C. Justin Brown , Brown Law, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Amicus Curiae Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, Maryland Office of the Public Defender, and Individual Criminal Defense Attorneys in Support of Respondent: Andrew V. Jezic, Esquire , Jezic & Moyse, LLC, 2730 University Blvd., West #604, Wheaton, MD 20902, Erica J. Suter, Esquire , Law Offices Erica J. Suter, LLC, 6305 Ivy Lane, Suite 700, Greenbelt, MD 20770, Rachel Marblestone Kamins, Esquire , Offit Kurman, 8171 Maple Lawn Blvd., Suite 200, Maples Lawn, MD 20759, Steven M. Klepper, Esquire , Louis P. Malick, Esquire , Kramon & Graham, P.A., One South Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 21202-3201.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., Greene, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Sally D. Adkins (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


In the present case, we are asked to reconsider the decision of a post-conviction court that granted the Respondent, Adnan Syed, a new trial. That decision was affirmed in part and reversed in part by our intermediate appellate court with the ultimate disposition—a new trial—remaining in place. The case now stands before...

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