The Latest Breaking News from Adnan Syed

An appellate court in Maryland reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing after finding that a lower court failed to give the victim’s family sufficient notice that his conviction was going to be overturned.

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s second-highest court on Tuesday reinstated the convictions of Adnan Syed, sending the case back to a Baltimore courtroom and prolonging the legal saga made famous by the “Serial” podcast.

Syed, whose story was chronicled in the hit Serial podcast, had previously had his conviction vacated in September.

Washington (AFP) - A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the conviction of the man at the center of the hit podcast "Serial, who had served more than 20 years in prison for his ex-girlfriend's murder.

Maryland court orders conviction reinstated and new hearing held but ruling suggests Syed, 41, will not remain convicted for long

His conviction has been reinstated, but he will not be taken back into custody. An appellate court said another court did not give the victim's family enough time to attend a hearing in person.

A Maryland appellate court has ruled a lower court did not give the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial” enough time to attend a court hearing in person that led to the release of Adnan Syed

BALTIMORE — The Appellate Court of Maryland on Tuesday reinstated the convictions of Adnan Syed, finding that a Baltimore judge violated the rights of the victim’s family to attend a hearing to decide whether to throw out his conviction.

Unclear if 41-year-old will return to prison

Adnan Syed, whose murder case rose to prominence through the hit podcast “Serial,” appeared in court Thursday in Maryland, where a three-judge panel considered whether the victim’s family experienced improper treatment when a Baltimore court overturned Syed’s conviction last year, allowing his release after more than two decades behind bars

BALTIMORE — Lawyers for the state of Maryland, Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee’s brother argued Thursday morning before the Appellate Court of Maryland about whether that body should reinstate Syed’s 22-year-old murder conviction and order a redo of the September hearing that set him free.