Adnan Syed's Path Through the Maryland Court System
Feb. 25, 2000
Jury trial ends in Baltimore City Circuit Court, Adnan Syed is convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and kidnapping
June 6, 2000
Circuit court denies Syed's motion for a new trial, sets sentence: He will spend his life in prison
Aug. 28, 2000
Syed files appeal of circuit court's decision to Court of Special Appeals
March 19, 2003
Court of Special Appeals upholds judgment from circuit court
May 28, 2010
Syed files petition for post-conviction relief in circuit court, asking for a new trial
Oct. 11 & 25, 2012
The circuit court holds hearings on post-conviction relief petition
Jan. 6, 2012
Circuit court Justice Martin Welch denies post-conviction relief
Jan. 27, 2014
Syed files application for "leave to appeal," essentially asking the Court of Special Appeals permission to be allowed to appeal Welch's denial of post-conviction relief
Jan. 13, 2015
Asia McClain, a classmate of Syed's who said she saw him in the library when police said his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee was killed, released an affidavit detailing what she witnessed
Jan. 20, 2015
Syed files supplement to his application for leave to appeal, seeking to have the case sent back to circuit court to address McClain's evidence
Feb. 6, 2015
The Court of Special Appeals grants Syed's application for leave to appeal
May 18, 2015
The Court of Special Appeals sends the case back to circuit court to consider "reopening post-conviction proceedings," asking the court to examine key issues in the case
June 30, 2015
Syed files a motion in circuit court to reopen post-conviction proceedings
Aug. 24, 2015
Syed files a supplement to his motion to reopen post-conviction proceedings, asking the court to include a re-examination of cell tower evidence from the day of Lee's murder
Nov. 6, 2015
In circuit court, Welch grants Syed's motion to reopen post-conviction proceedings
Feb. 5 & 8, 2016
Syed will return to circuit court for a hearing to reopen post-conviction proceedings