State v. Syed

State of Maryland v. Adnan Syed, No. 24, September Term, 2018. Opinion by Greene, J. CRIMINAL LAW—POST CONVICTION—INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL—FAILURE OF TRIAL COUNSEL TO INTERVIEW POTENTIAL ALIBI WITNESS—STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON The Court of Appeals held that under the deficient performance prong of Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668

(1984), at a minimum, Respondent’s trial counsel had a duty to contact a potential alibi witness to investigate or explore that person’s background and potential as an alibi. The failure of Respondent’s trial counsel to contact an alibi witness…