by Erica 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...
by Erica 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...
by Erica 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,...
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by Erica Suter | Nov 16, 2016 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Uncategorized
UPDATE: A 7th Circuit panel of three judges granted the State’s emergency motion to block Brendan Dassey’s release. The order indicates that Mr. Dassey will remain incarcerated pending the outcome of the appeal. I can’t imagine what Mr. Dassey and...
by Erica Suter | Sep 17, 2016 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Post Conviction, Uncategorized
There has been much paper pushed back and forth as of late in the battle to secure Adnan Syed a new trial. In this post I’m going to walk you through what has been filed and what to expect next. Without requiring you to read all the way to the end to learn the...
by Erica Suter | Aug 4, 2016 | Appeal, Collateral Relief, Criminal Defense, Uncategorized
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with journalist Amelia McDonell-Perry about the Adnan Syed case. Here is her coverage in Rolling Stone on the latest developments in the case....
