Table of Contents
January 21 to February 25 2000
Defendant: Adnan Syed
Attorney for the Defendant: Maria Cristina Gutierrez.
Attorneys for the State: Kevin Urick and Kathleen C Murphy
Judge: Wanda Heard, Associate Judge for Baltimore City Circuit Court
After the earlier mistrial, Judge Quarles recused himself from sitting for the next trial, and so the case was held before a new judge (Heard) and of course a new jury.
| Date/ full file | Detail / Extracts |
|---|---|
| Day 1 Fri, Jan 21 2000 | Trial Starts Preliminary matters – p2 Discussion re voir dire – p3 Panel of prospective jurors sworn – p43 Roll call of the panel of prospective jurors – p43 Commencement of voir dire – questioning of jury pool members – p64 |
| Day 2 Mon, Jan 24 2000 | Preliminary Matters – p2 Roll call – p3 Voir dire resumed – questioning of jury pool members – p21 Jury selection – p253 Jury sworn – p287 Preliminary remarks by Judge Heard – p299 |
| Tue, Jan 25 2000 | Judge Heard was not able to be present due to a family funeral. (See page 18-20 of Jan 24 transcript.) |
| Wed, Jan 26 2000 | Judge Heard was not able to be present due to a family funeral. (See page 18-20 of Jan 24 transcript.) |
| Day 3 Thu, Jan 27 2000 | Defense objection to seating Juror Number 6 – p2 Defense motion to have the jury visit the crime scene (reserved) – p18 Defense motion for sequestration (granted) – p49 Preliminary remarks by the Court – p81 Opening Statement – Prosecution, Urick – p91 Opening Statement – Defense, Gutierrez – p109 State motion for mistrial – p148 State motion in limine re: Polygraph and referring to offenses not impeachable – p153 State’s Case begins Emmanuel Obot – BPD Mobile Crime Lab tech – p168 Sergeant Kevin Forrester – BPD homicide sergeant – p195 |
| Day 4 Fri, Jan 28 2000 | Defense motion in limine to instruct jurors not to read any newspapers for the duration of the trial (denied) – p11 Defense motion in limine to restrict the testimony of Hope Schab – p12 Young Lee – Hae’s brother – p16 Grant Graham – Naval forensic trace analysis specialist (disinterment of body) – p81 Ms H Schab – Hae’s French teacher at Woodlawn High – p130 William Rodriguez – Naval forensic anthropologist (disinterment of body) – p158 Nisha T – Adnan’s romantic interest – p184 Krista M – School friend of Adnan and Hae – p206 Aisha P – School friend of Adnan and Hae – p237 |
| Day 5 Mon, Jan 31 2000 | Officer Scott Adcock – County PD officer who responded to initial call from Hae’s family on January 13 – p5 Detective Joseph O’Shea – County PD detective sergeant – p23 Romano Thomas – BPD Mobile Crime Lab tech – p48 |
| Day 6 Tue, Feb 01 2000 | Romano Thomas – BPD Mobile Crime Lab tech – p4 Sharon Talmadge – BPD Latent Prints (fingerprints) Lab Manager – p14 Donald C – Hae’s boyfriend in Jan 1999 – p69 Salvatore Bianca – BPD Trace Analysis Unit tech – p105 |
| Day 7 Wed, Feb 02 2000 | Theresa Long – Maryland State Police forensic chemist (DNA and other testing) – p7 Margarita Korrell – Medical examiner (performed autopsy) – p34 Ms L Woodley – Deputy headteacher at Woodlawn High – p92 |
| Day 8 Thu, Feb 03 2000 | Ms S Watts – School nurse at Woodlawn High – p20 Yaser A – Friend of Adnan – p79 |
| Day 9 Fri, Feb 04 2000 | Ms Inez Butler-Hendrix – Athletic trainer / teacher at Woodlawn High – p8 Jay’s testimony begins Jay Wilds (first day)- p115 |
| Mon, Feb 07 2000 | Presidents’ Day, National Holiday. Courts not in session |
| Day 10 Tue, Feb 08 2000 | Abraham Waranowitz (first day) – AT&T cell phone network engineer – p6 |
| Day 11 Wed, Feb 09 2000 | Abe Waranowitz (second day)- AT&T cell phone network engineer – p31 |
| Day 12 Thu, Feb 10 2000 | Jay’s testimony resumes Jay Wilds testimony begins – p12 Jay Wilds leaves the courtroom – p86 Jay Wilds, testimony resumes – p122 |
| Day 13 Fri, Feb 11 2000 | Jay Wilds (third day)- p58 |
| Day 14 Mon, Feb 14 2000 | Jay Wilds (fourth day)- p38 |
| Day 15 Tue, Feb 15 2000 | Jay Wilds (fifth day)- p10 Jennifer P – Friend of Jay W – p181 |
| Day 16 Wed, Feb 16 2000 | Jennifer P – Friend of Jay W – p3 Cathy (Kristi V) – Friend of Jenn P – p205 Deborah W (Debbie) – School friend of Hae and Adnan – p297 |
| Day 17 Thu, Feb 17 2000 | Deborah W (Debbie) – Friend of Hae and Adnan at Woodlawn High (Murphy) – p5 Detective Gregory MacGillivary – BPD homicide detective Direct examination (Urick) – p152 Cross by Defense – p159 Discussions re hearsay about Mr S – p 188 Cross resumes – p215-330 |
| Day 18 Fri, Feb 18 2000 | Detective Gregory MacGillivary – BPD homicide detective Cross examination by Defense – p2 Re-direct by State (Urick) – p174 Re-cross by Defense – p188-201 End of State’s Case – p204 |
| Day 19 Tue, Feb 22 2000 | Defense Case begins Discussion: Mr S’s indecent exposure conviction – p2 Jay Wilds’ “guilty plea”, Anne Benaroya, Elizabeth Julian and playing videos in court – p34 Andrew Davis – Defense private investigator – p78 Philip Buddemeyer – Baltimore City surveyor – p93 Mr S – Found body in Leakin Park – p111 |
| Day 20 Wed, Feb 23 2000 | Mr S – Found body in Leakin Park – p3 Coach M Sye – Adnan’s school track coach – p97 Rebecca W (Becky)- School friend of Hae and Adnan – p114 Syed Rahman – Adnan’s father – p249 |
| Day 21 Thu, Feb 24 2000 | Syed Rahman – Adnan’s father – p4 Detective William Ritz – BPD homicide detective p21 Andrew Davis – Defense private investigator – p100 Saad Chaudry – Friend of Adnan – p113 Saad P – Friend of Adnan – p161 Maqbool P – Family friend of Adnan and mosque elder – p187 Ms B Stuckey – Adnan’s guidance counsellor at Woodlawn High – p202 End of Defense Case |
| Day 22 Fri, Feb 25 2000 | Judge Heard – instructions to the jury – p23 Closing Arguments – Prosecution, Murphy – p47 Closing Arguments – Defense, Gutierrez – p85 Closing Arguments – Prosecution, Urick – p116 Jury Verdict – p132 |
| Sentencing Tue, June 06 2000 | Sentencing Hearing Defense motion for a new trial – p1 Motion denied – p6 Hae’s mother’s statement – p7 Urick’s sentencing argument – p11 Dorsey’s sentencing argument (Adnan’s new lawyer) – p13 Adnan’s statement – p14 Judge Wanda Heard’s comments – p15 |
After the verdict, Gutierrez wouldn’t respond to Adnan or his parents, and they asked Judge Heard for help having her dismissed from the case. After that, a public defender, Charles H Dorsey III, was appointed to represent him at the sentencing hearing on 25 June 2000.
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What’s Missing? #
The transcript for December 8, 1999, first day of first trial, is not available, and a small number of other pages are also missing.
