ADNAN SYED, a IN THE
Petitioner, CIRCUIT COURT
v. FOR

STATE OF MARYLAND, a BALTIMORE CITY
Respondent.  CASE Nos. 199103042-046

PETITION NO. 10432



ORDER

 

Upon consideration of Petitioner?s Petition for Post-Conviction Relief; the Maryland
Court of Special Appeals May 18, 2015 Remand Order; the evidence and arguments presented at
the February 2016 post?conviction hearing; and the reasons set forth in the Memorandum
Opinion 11 for the above?captioned case, it is this $95? day of June, 2016,

ORDERED that the record, which has been supplemented with Asia McClain?s January
13; 2015 af?davit and her subsequent testimony, shall be RE-TRANSMITTED to the Maryland
Court of Special Appeals for ?nther proceedings; and it is further

ORDERED that the Petition for Post-Conviction Relief as to trial counsel?s alleged
ineffective assistance for the failure to contact a potential alibi Witness is hereby and it .
- is further

ORDERED that the Petition for Post-Conviction Relief as to alleged prosecutorial
misconduct of withholding potentially exculpatory evidence related to the reliability of cell tower

location evidence is hereby and it is further

ORDERED that the Petition for Post?Conviction Relief as to trial counsel?s alleged
ineffective assistance for the failure to cross?examine the State?s cell tower expert about the
reliability of cell tower location evidence is hereby and it is further

ORDERED that Petitioner?s convictions in the above-captioned case with case nos.
199103042-046 are and it is finally

ORDERED that Petitioner?s request for a new trial is hereby GRANTED.

Judge Martin P. Weich
Judge?s. Signature appears on the
original document

cc: Adrian Syed, Petitioner

C. Justin Brown, Esq.
Counsel for Petitioner, Brown Nieto, LLC

Thiruvendran Vignaraj ah, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General; Maryland Office of the Attorney General