BALTIMORE — The Supreme Court of Maryland on Thursday decided to hold off on reinstating Adnan Syed’s convictions from the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend while it considers his latest appeal.
The order comes a day after Syed asked the state’s highest court to overrule the Appellate Court of Maryland’s opinion that would have restored his guilty findings and life sentence.
Syed, 43, has been free since September after serving 23 years behind bars for the killing of 18-year-old Hae Min Lee. He has always maintained he is innocent.