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Part 2: The Alibi Issue

Part 2: The Alibi Issue

by Erica J. Suter | Mar 31, 2018 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction

It is our opinion that, if McClain’s testimony had been presented to the jury, it would have “alter[ed] the entire evidentiary picture,” because her testimony would have placed Syed at the Woodlawn Public Library at the time the State claimed that...
Part 2: The Alibi Issue

Part 1: Syed v. State: The Significance of the Latest Decision by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals

by Erica J. Suter | Mar 30, 2018 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction

Because Syed has proven the performance and prejudice prongs of the Strickland test, we conclude that his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel has been established. Accordingly, Syed’s murder conviction must be vacated, and because Syed’s convictions...
Oral Argument in State of Maryland v. Adnan Syed:

Oral Argument in State of Maryland v. Adnan Syed:

by Erica J. Suter | Jun 18, 2017 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized

I wanted to get this out sooner, but I’ve been swamped with my own cases.  By now, much has already been written and discussed regarding oral argument in State v. Syed.  Journalists published their articles that day and you can now purchase an audio of the...
Oral Argument in State of Maryland v. Adnan Syed:

Adnan Syed and the Appeal of the Post Conviction Decision:

by Erica J. Suter | Apr 30, 2017 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized

As you know, on June 30, 2016, the post conviction court vacated Adnan Syed’s convictions and granted him a new trial.  The post conviction court found that Syed’s trial counsel’s failure to cross examine the State’s expert  on the...
Guilty Plea Problem

Guilty Plea Problem

by Erica J. Suter | Apr 1, 2017 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Guilty Plea, Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence, Post Conviction, Uncategorized

UPDATE: As of October, 2018, the statute law was changed.  The law in Maryland now allows people who pleaded guilty to file a Petition for wRIT Of Actual Innocence.  The new language is posted below: (ii) if the conviction resulted from a guilty plea, an Alford plea,...
Appealing Your Conviction

Appealing Your Conviction

by Erica J. Suter | Jan 13, 2017 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense

If you were convicted following a trial in a circuit court in Maryland, you have a direct right of appeal.  That means that the next highest court above the trial court, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, must hear your case if you file your appeal within your...
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