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State Supreme Court Senior Justice Shirley Watts issued the ruling Wednesday, setting arguments to be scheduled for Oct. 5.
Briefs from Syed’s attorney and the attorney for the family of Hae Min Lee, the 18-year-old who Syed was convicted of killing in 2000, are due in August. Responses are then due in September.
After Syed’s conviction, his case received renewed attention with the popular podcast “Serial” in 2014. Prosecutors reviewing his case eventually filed a motion saying they uncovered new evidence that called Syed’s conviction into question, and a Baltimore judge overturned the conviction in September after Syed spent more than 20 years in prison.
The judge ruled the state did not comply with its obligation to share evidence with Syed that could have helped his defense. Prosecutors were given 30 days to decide whether to request a new trial or dismiss the case, and they decided the next month to dismiss the case.
But his conviction was reinstated in March by the Maryland appellate court after it ruled that the Baltimore judge did not give Lee’s family enough notice to appear at the hearing.
The top court in the state decided last month to pause the reinstatement of his conviction and not order Syed back to prison immediately while it considered whether to take up the case.
Erica Suter, an assistant public defender representing Syed, said in a statement that they are pleased with the court’s ruling and hopeful about their chances of the conviction being struck down again.
“We are very pleased that the Supreme Court recognized the importance of reviewing the legal issues raised by the Appellate Court’s decision, and we are optimistic that we will prevail,” Suter said. “The legal team and Adnan’s family are also grateful that the Court extended the stay so we can be assured that Adnan will remain free while this appeal is pending.”
The Hill has reached out to an attorney for Lee’s family for comment."
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog;
SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/47049136857587929
FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices.
Lawyer Radha Natarajan;
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
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YET ANOTHER FINAL WORD:
David Hammond, one of Broadwater’s attorneys who sought his exoneration, told the Syracuse Post-Standard, “Sprinkle some junk science onto a faulty identification, and it’s the perfect recipe for a wrongful conviction.”
https://deadline.com/2021/11/alice-sebold-lucky-rape-conviction-overturned-anthony-broadwater-1234880143/
