Syed v. State

Adnan Syed v. State of Maryland, No. 2519, September Term 2013, and State of Maryland v. Adnan Syed, No. 1396, September Term 2016 CRIMINAL LAW – POST-CONVICTION – INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL – BACKGROUND At trial, the State adduced evidence that Adnan Syed, appellant/cross-appellee, and Hae Min Lee (“Hae”) were students at Woodlawn High School, who had a romantic relationship but ended it sometime before January 1999. Thereafter, on January 13, 1999, Syed asked Hae for a ride after school, and Hae agreed. During lunch that day, Syed gave his friend Jay Wilds his car and cell…