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The Maryland Court of Special Appeals granted Adnan Syed an
opportunity to call a woman who said in an affidavit she saw him
at a library around the time of the murder of his ex-girlfriend
and high school classmate, Hae Min Lee, on Jan. 13, 1999.
Syed appealed his 2000 murder conviction arguing that his legal
counsel was ineffective for not interviewing the witness, Asia
McClain, and for not seeking a plea deal.
The appeals court on Monday said it would stay that appeal and
return the case to a Baltimore court to re-open the
post-conviction proceedings, which McClain said in an affidavit
the prosecutor discouraged her from attending.
"We believe that a stay of this appeal and a limited remand to
the circuit court is in the interest of justice," the court said
in a copy of the document published online by local broadcaster
WBAL.
The podcast, "Serial," was released by the public radio station
WBEZ Chicago last October and was the fastest to reach 5 million
downloads, according to Apple.
A subsequent podcast, "Undisclosed: The State v. Adnan Syed,"
was produced by a group of lawyers fighting to overturn his
conviction, and aired its first episode last month.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco)
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