by Erica Suter | Jul 4, 2016 | Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized
On June 30, 2016, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City granted relief in Adnan Syed v. State. You can read the Court’s 59 page Memorandum Opinion and Order at the end of this post. I’m going to attempt to bottom line the key points in the Court’s...
by Erica Suter | May 18, 2016 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized
UPDATE: On November 7, 2016, the Court of Special Appeals GRANTED the Application for Leave to Appeal the Denial of Post Conviction Relief in my client’s case! I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to fight for my client. The Court’s Order...
by Erica Suter | Feb 9, 2016 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized
Most everyone has heard of the standard of proof in a criminal prosecution, “beyond a reasonable doubt.” It is the highest standard of proof in our legal system. It was the standard of proof that applied during Adnan Syed’s trial. The State was...
by Erica Suter | Feb 8, 2016 | Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized
So let’s talk about prejudice and post conviction. Yesterday’s post discussed deficient performance, a serious mistake, the first prong of Strickland. The second part of the test involves “prejudice,” and we’re not talking about the...
by Erica Suter | Feb 6, 2016 | Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized
I recently offered to try and answer questions on twitter regarding the post conviction proceedings in Adnan Syed’s case. I thought it might be helpful to answer some of the questions on my blog and provide some legal background. I’m going to try and do...
by Erica Suter | Feb 4, 2016 | Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized
I’ll translate this into plain language in an update to this post, but here are the fundamentals of Brady: In Brady v. Maryland, the United States Supreme Court held that the state’s suppression of exculpatory evidence at trial violates the Due Process...
