BALTIMORE — An appeal by Hae Min Lee’s brother in the case of Adnan Syed should proceed because Syed’s conviction was overturned in a legally deficient hearing, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General said in a filing Monday night.
In the filing, Assistant Attorney General Daniel Jawor backed the argument by Lee’s brother, Young Lee, that he wasn’t given adequate notice of the September hearing where Syed’s conviction was overturned.
The brief represents the first legal argument in the case under the administration of recently sworn-in Attorney General Anthony Brown, who has declined to publicly take a position on the case.
