Adnan Syed Back in Court: Will His Murder Conviction Remain Reinstated?

Adnan Syed.Photo: Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Adnan Syed, who was released from prison in 2022 after spending 23 years behind bars following the death of his ex-girlfriend, was back in a Maryland court Thursday, according tothe Associated Press,ABC NewsandUSA Today. Syed, whose case gained massive attention following the hit true-crime podcastSerial,was released in September 2022after Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated his first-degree murder conviction in connection with the death of 18-year-old Hae Min Lee, PEOPLE reported previously.

Adnan Syed Remains Free 'for the Time Being' as His Lawyer Slams Court: 'No Basis to Retraumatize' Him

Adnan Syed.Photo: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A Maryland court on Tuesdayreinstated the first-degree murder conviction ofSerial’sAdnan Syed, and his attorney is criticizing the court’s 2-1 decision. Assistant Public Defender Erica J. Suter, Syed’s attorney and Director of the Innocence Project Clinic at University of Baltimore Law School, says the appellate court’s decision “was not about Adnan’s innocence but about notice and mootness.” The conviction was reinstated after the Appellate Court of Maryland decided that a lower court violated the rights of Young Lee, the brother of Syed’s murdered ex-girlfriendHae Min Lee, because the Lee family wasn’t given proper notice of an October hearing to toss out Syed’s conviction, according toThe New York Times.

Adnan Syed Returns Home After Prison Release: 'Leftovers Never Tasted So Good'

One of the first stopsAdnan Syedmade following his release from prison appears to be the refrigerator. After over 20 years behind bars serving a life sentence, the 41-year-old was a free man on Monday, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacating Syed’s 2000 first-degree murder convictionfor the 1999 kidnapping and murderof his 18-year-old Baltimore high school classmate and ex-girlfriend,Hae Min Lee. Hours later, longtime friendRabia Chaudryshared a video of Syed combing through a refrigerator, looking for something to eat.

Adnan Syed's Murder Conviction Reinstated by Maryland Court

The murder conviction of Adnan Syed — the subject of the hit true-crime podcastSerial —has been reinstated, according to multiple reports. The conviction was reinstated after the Appellate Court of Maryland decided that a lower court violated the rights of Young Lee, the brother of Syed’s murdered ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, according toThe New York Times. The court determined that the rights of Lee’s family were violated because they weren’t given proper notice of an October hearing to toss out Syed’s conviction.

Adobe Co-Founder John Warnock, Who Helped Invent PDFs, Dead at 82

Dr. John Warnock speaks at San Jose City Hall where he and his Adobe inc. partner Dr. Charles Geschke were being honored on Dec. 1, 2009.Photo:Patrick Tehan/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Patrick Tehan/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty John Warnock, the co-founder of Adobe Systems who helped invent the PDF, has died, the tech companyannouncedSunday. He was 82. “It is with profound sadness that I share that our beloved co-founder Dr.