| 2019 |
| Possible Next Steps in the Adnan Syed Case | November 2019 |
| A Primer on Today’s Supreme Court Conference in the Adnan Syed Case | November 2019 |
| My Take on the State of Maryland’s Brief in Opposition in the Adnan Syed Case | October 2019 |
| Mega Update on All Undisclosed Cases | October 2019 |
| The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | September 2019 |
| Defense Team for Adnan Syed Files Petition for Writ of Certiorari w/United States Supreme Court | August 2019 |
| Mega Update on All Undisclosed Cases | August 2019 |
| We’re Already Seeing the Impact of the Adnan Syed Opinion in Maryland | June 2019 |
| Mega Update on All Undisclosed Cases | May 2019 |
| Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Finds Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Based on Failure to Request an Alibi Instruction | May 2019 |
| Court of Appeals of Maryland Denies the Defense’s Motion for Reconsideration in the Adnan Syed Case | April 2019 |
| Breaking Down the Innocence Network/MacArthur Justice Center Amici Curiae Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | April 2019 |
| Breaking Down the NACDL Amici Curiae Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | April 2019 |
| Breaking Down the Maryland Amici Curiae Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | April 2019 |
| My First Post on the Motion for Reconsideration in the Adnan Syed Case | April 2019 |
| Episode Four of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: Did the Idea of Best Buy Come From the Police? | April 2019 |
| Episode Four of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: Jay’s 3:00 Visit to Woodlawn High School | April 2019 |
| Episode Four of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: Lividity Redux | March 2019 |
| The DNA Report in the Adnan Syed Case | March 2019 |
| Episode Three of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: Nikisha Horton | March 2019 |
| Episode Three of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: The End of the Case Against Adnan Syed | March 2019 |
| Episode Two of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: Hae’s Car | March 2019 |
| Episode Two of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: Chris Baskerville | March 2019 |
| How a Motion for Reconsideration in the Adnan Syed Case Could Get Him a New Trial | March 2019 |
| The Case Against Adnan Syed: the French Teacher | March 2019 |
| Detective Massey, the Anonymous Caller & the CrimeStoppers Tipster | March 2019 |
| Episode One of “The Case Against Adnan Syed”: Debbie and Donnie | March 2019 |
| The New Route for Adnan Syed Getting a New Trial | March 2019 |
| What Comes Next in the Adnan Syed Case? | March 2019 |
| While the Court of Appeals Ruled Against Adnan Syed, It Also Revealed That the Maryland Courts Have No Confidence in His Trial or Conviction | March 2019 |
| Justice Delayed: Court of Appeals of Maryland Issues 4-3 Opinion Denying Adnan Syed a New Trial | March 2019 |
| The Parallels Between the Malcolm Bryant Case and the Adnan Syed Case | February 2019 |
| Court of Appeals of Maryland Accepts the Defense’s Supplemental Authority Memorandum in the Adnan Syed Case | January 2019 |
| Breaking Down Today’s Supplemental Authority Memorandum in the Adnan Syed Case | January 2019 |
| Why the Justin Wolfe Case Looks Like a Classic Case of Prosecutorial Vindictiveness | January 2019 |
| How the Skakel and Gissendanner Help Defendants Like Adnan Syed with Ineffective Assistance/Alibi Claims | January 2019 |
| 2018 |
| My Seventh Post on the Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case: Why This is NOT a Silent Record Case | December 2018 |
| My Sixth Post on the Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case: Crunching the Numbers | December 2018 |
| My Fifth Post on the Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case: The Cell Tower Claim | December 2018 |
| My Fourth Post on the Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case: Objective vs. Subjective | December 2018 |
| My Third Post on the Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case | December 2018 |
| My Second Post on the Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case | November 2018 |
| My First Take on the Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case | November 2018 |
| Oral Argument Preview for the Adnan Syed Case | November 2018 |
| A Majority of the Court of Appeals Judges Who Decided the Kulbicki Case 4 Years Ago Will NOT Be Deciding the Adnan Syed Case | November 2018 |
| My First Take on the Final Brief in the Adnan Syed Case Before Oral Arguments | November 2018 |
| My Second Post on the State’s New Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | October 2018 |
| My First Take on the State’s New Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | October 2018 |
| The Importance of the Amici Curiae Brief to the Adnan Syed Appeal | September 2018 |
| The Important New Ineffective Assistance/Alibi Case Cited by the Defense in the Adnan Syed Case | September 2018 |
| My Opening Post on the Defense’s Opening Brief in the Adnan Syed Case: Just the Facts, Ma’am | September 2018 |
| THE Most Important Case for the Alibi Issue in the Adnan Syed Case | August 2018 |
| The Missing Link in the State’s Court of Appeals Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | August 2018 |
| Dissecting the Facts of the State’s “Alibi-by-Routine” Claim in the Adnan Syed Case | August 2018 |
| My Initial Thoughts on the State’s Opening Brief to the Court of Appeals in the Adnan Syed Case | August 2018 |
| My Updated Likeliest Scenarios in the Death of Hae Min Lee | August 2018 |
| The Impact of Judge Adkins’s Early Retirement on the Adnan Syed Case | July 2018 |
| Court of Appeals of Maryland Grants Cert in the Adnan Syed Case | July 2018 |
| An Update on the Adnan Syed Case | June 2018 |
| Cert Petitions and Finding Where the Truth Lies in the Adnan Syed Appeal | May 2018 |
| A First Take on Today’s Filing in the Adnan Syed Case | May 2018 |
| Why the State’s “Alibi-by-Routine” Claim in the Adnan Syed Case is an Oxymoron and Why it Matters | May 2018 |
| The Importance of the Michael Skakel Case for the Adnan Syed Case | May 2018 |
| The One Case the State Can’t Seem to Distinguish in its Cert Petition in the Adnan Syed Case | May 2018 |
| The 2 Falsehoods at the Center of the State’s Cert Petition in the Adnan Syed Case | May 2018 |
| A Primer on the State’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the Adnan Syed Case | May 2018 |
| Evidence of State Misconduct in the Adnan Syed Case | April 2018 |
| COSA’s Finding of Prejudice in the Adnan Syed Case and Actual Innocencee | April 2018 |
| An Important COSA Opinion That Might Mean Adnan Syed’s Cell Tower Claim Wasn’t Waived | April 2018 |
| Does Judge Graeff’s Test in Her Adnan Syed Dissent Ever Allow a Defendant to Prove IAC Against a Deceased Attorney? | April 2018 |
| A Hypothetical to Explain & Assess COSA’s Waiver Ruling in the Adnan Syed Case | March 2018 |
| Analyzing the Four Cases Cited by Judge Graeff in Her Dissenting Opinion That Would Have Denied Adnan Relief | March 2018 |
| My First Take on COSA’s Opinion Affirming a New Trial for Adnan Syed | March 2018 |
| 2017 |
| Thiru Vignarajah & the New Trials & Tossed 100 Year Prison Terms For 2 Man Convicted of Killing a Prospective Witness | Dec 2017 |
| The Adnan Syed Case: Jenn’s Interview & “A Different Broad’s House” | Nov 2017 |
| The Adnan Syed Case: Jenn’s Day | Nov 2017 |
| The Supreme Court of Georgia’s Ruling in Undisclosed, LLC v. The State | Nov 2017 |
| The Effect of 4 Permutations of Debbie’s Statements on the Adnan Syed Case | Oct 2017 |
| Supreme Court of Georgia Deems Statements Inadmissible as Co-Conspirator Admissions in Murder Trial | Oct 2017 |
| Court of Special Appeals Applies Curtis v. State to Find No Waiver of Ineffective Assistance Claim | Oct 2017 |
| Was The Nisha Call Nisha Calling Adnan Back After an Unanswered or Dropped Call? | Sep 2017 |
| Further Support For the Claim That Adnan Was On Time For Track Practice On January 13th | Aug 2017 |
| If Track Practice Started at 4:00 P.M., Does it Matter Whether Adnan Was on Time for Practice? | July 2017 |
| My New Article: Plea Agreements As Constitutional Contracts | July 2017 |
| Are Juvenile Nonhomicide Sentences That Exceed Life Expectancy Cruel and Unusual? | July 2017 |
| How the “One Juror” Standard Could Lead to Adnan Syed Getting a New Trial | July 2017 |
| Maryland Court Finds Evidence & Testimony Related to Cell Tower Drive Test Unreliable and Inadmissible | June 2017 |
| How COSA Could Find That Adnan Syed Waived the Cell Tower Claim & Still Use it to Grant Him a New Trial | June 2017 |
| What the Court of Special Appeals Can and Can’t Do With Waiver in the Adnan Syed Case | June 2017 |
| Assessing the State’s Claim of “Overwhelming” Evidence in the Adnan Syed Case in Light of Wearry v. Cain | June 2017 |
| My Prediction for How the Court of Special Appeals Rules in the Adnan Syed Case | June 2017 |
| Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case and the Importance of Opening Statements/Closing Arguments | June 2017 |
| Does the Pennsylvania Case Cited by the State on Waiver Actually Help Adnan Syed? | June 2017 |
| A Preview of Today’s Oral Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case | June 2017 |
| The Court of Appeals of Maryland’s Landmark Ruling on Postconviction DNA Testing | May 2017 |
| Article of Interest: “Restoring Justice: Purging Evil From Federal Rule of Evidence 609,” by Judge Timothy Rice | May 2017 |
| The Disinterested Alibi Witness and the Adnan Syed Appeal | May 2017 |
| My First Take on the Defense’s Reply Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | May 2017 |
| Supreme Court of Washington Finds Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners Can Testify Regarding Medical Causation | May 2017 |
| Would Asia’s Testimony Have Magnified or Minimized the Flaws in the State’s Case Against Adnan Syed? | May 2017 |
| Why the State’s Attempt to Restrict Curtis in the Adnan Syed Appeal Wouldn’t Work | May 2017 |
| The Case Against Adnan Syed, Redux | May 2017 |
| Does the Law of the Case Doctrine Make or Break the State’s Case? (Part Two) | May 2017 |
| Does the Law of the Case Doctrine Make or Break the State’s Case? (Part One) | May 2017 |
| Is the State Right That the Right to the Effective Assistance of Counsel is Distinct From the Right to Counsel? | May 2017 |
| The State’s Reply Brief & Gutierrez’s Failure to Secure a Limiting Instruction on Cell Tower Pings | April 2017 |
| The State’s Erroneous Claim That Judge Welch Didn’t Apply the Presumption of Reasonableness | April 2017 |
| My First Take on the State’s Reply Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | April 2017 |
| Would the Court of Special Appeals Excuse Any Possible Waiver of the Cell Tower Issue in the Adnan Syed Appeal? | April 2017 |
| Adnan’s Brief, Take 2: Why the State Won’t Win on Scope as a Standalone Issue | March 2017 |
| Legal Bombshell: My First Take on Adnan’s Appellate Brief | March 2017 |
| A Deep Dive Into Jay’s Five Competing Stories About Track Practice | March 2017 |
| A Comprehensive Look at the Current Status of Adnan’s Case | March 2017 |
| Was the “Come and Get Me” Call the Linchpin on the State’s Case Against Adnan | March 2017 |
| Delving Deeper Into the Waiver Issue in the Adnan Syed Case | March 2017 |
| Why the Law’s All on the Defense’s Side in the Adnan Syed Case | March 2017 |
| The Abuse of Discretion Standard & the Scope of Remand in the Adnan Syed Case | March 2017 |
| Is Adnan’s Cell Tower Claim Related to His Asia Claim Based on a Prejudice Analysis? | March 2017 |
| Is the State Right That the Time, Duration, and Sequence of Dialed Numbers Corroborated Jay? | March 2017 |
| Refuting the State’s Claim that Gutierrez’s Strategy Was to Undermine All Cell Records | March 2017 |
| Why Adnan’s Cell Tower Amendment is Not Governed by the ‘Extraordinary Cause’ Test’ | March 2017 |
| Why the State May Have Just Lost the Waiver Argument in the Adnan Syed Appeal | March 2017 |
| The State Missed a Hugely Important Case in its Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | February 2017 |
| Clearly Erroneous?: Why COSA is Especially Unlikely to Reverse Judge Welch’s Factual Findings on the AT&T Disclaimer | February 2017 |
| My Second Take on the State’s Brief of Appellant in the Adnan Syed Case | February 2017 |
| My First Take on the State’s Brief of Appellant in the Adnan Syed Case | February 2017 |
| A Preview of the State’s Appellate Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | February 2017 |
| My Short Podcast on the Court of Appeals of Maryland’s Landmark Bail Ruling | February 2017 |
| A Quick Look at the Application for Leave to Appeal the Bail Decision in the Adnan Syed Case | January 2017 |
| Possibly the Two Most Important Parts of COSA’s Upcoming Opinion in the Adnan Syed Case | January 2017 |
| The Court of Special Appeals Grants the State & Adnan Leave to Appeal | January 2017 |
| 2016 |
| What it Means to Say That There Still is ‘Compelling’ Evidence Against Adnan Syed | December 2016 |
| An Analysis of Judge Welch’s Opinion Denying Adnan Syed Release Pending the State’s Appeal | December 2016 |
| Justin Brown Submits a Reply to the State’s Bail Arguments in the Adnan Syed Case | November 2016 |
| Contrary to the State’s Claim, Adnan Does Not Remain a Convicted Murderer & Kidnapper | November 2016 |
| The State’s Response to Motion for Release in the Adnan Syed Case is Fundamentally Flawed | November 2016 |
| A Quick Post About Dr. Hlavaty’s Affidavit & Adnan’s Bail Motion | October 2016 |
| Maryland Parole Commission Will Hold Parole Hearings for 300+ Juvenile Lifers, Including Adnan Syed | October 2016 |
| (Maybe) The Biggest Factual Error in the State’s Attorneys’ Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | October 2016 |
| Maryland State’s Attorneys Pound the Table in Amici Brief in Adnan Syed Case | October 2016 |
| The State Shoots Itself in the Foot in its Consolidated Reply in the Adnan Syed Case | October 2016 |
| 2001 Baltimore Murder Trial With Familiar Prosecutor Involved Brady Violation for Failing to Disclose Interview Records | September 2016 |
| NACDL/MCDAA/Steven Klepper File Amici Curiae Brief Arguing for a Retrial for Adnan Syed | September 2016 |
| A First Take on Adnan’s Response to the State’s Conditional Application for Limited Remand | September 2016 |
| Why Incriminatory Police Reports Are Unreliable/Inadmissible & Exculpatory Police Reports are Reliable/(Potentially) Admissible | September 2016 |
| The Second Interview of Not Her Real Name Cathy | September 2016 |
| Court of Special Appeals Will Only Review Judge Welch’s Decision to Reopen For Abuse of Discretion | August 2016 |
| A First Take on the State’s Conditional Application for Limited Remand | August 2016 |
| The Kulbicki Case Shows How COSA Could Excuse Any Possible Waiver of Adnan’s IAC/Cell Tower Claim | August 2016 |
| An Analysis of the Conditional Application for Leave to Cross Appeal in the Adnan Syed Case | August 2016 |
| The Maryland AG Has Consistently Used Curtis to Prevent Defendants From Making IAC Claims on Direct Appeal | August 2016 |
| Another Case Where Maryland Found the “Knowing & Intelligent” Waiver Standard Applies to an IAC Claim | August 2016 |
| The State’s Application for Leave to Appeal in the Adnan Syed Case, Take 2 | August 2016 |
| The State’s Application for Leave to Appeal in the Adnan Syed Case, Take 1 | August 2016 |
| What to Expect From the State’s Application for Leave to Appeal in the Adnan Syed Case | July 2016 |
| Explaining the State’s Latest Filing in the Adnan Syed Appeal | July 2016 |
| ‘Serial’: How Adnan Syed Could Win His Retrial | July 2016 |
| The Cliffs Notes Version of Yesterday’s Post on Excusing Waiver in the Adnan Syed Appeal | July 2016 |
| The Court of Special Appeals Has Authority to Excuse Any Possible Waiver of Adnan’s IAC/Cell Tower Claim | July 2016 |
| Does Court of Appeals Precedent Imply It’s Futile to Reverse Judge Welch’s Waiver Ruling? | July 2016 |
| Was Judge Welch Correct That the Brady Claim is Not a Fundamental Right? | July 2016 |
| Assessing Judge Welch’s Conclusion That Adnan Didn’t Waive His Cell Tower/IAC Claim | July 2016 |
| The State is Between Scylla and Charybdis in Appealing Judge Welch’s Ruling | July 2016 |
| Does Judge Welch’s Opinion Leave the State with Any Workable Theory of Adnan’s Guilt? | July 2016 |
| The State Can’t Present Any New Evidence/Witnesses Regarding the AT&T Disclaimer | July 2016 |
| A New Trial in Three Steps | July 2016 |
| A Quick Take on Judge Welch’s Opinion Granting Adnan a New Trial | June 2016 |
| COSA Finds Thiru Vigarajah Acted ‘In Bad Faith & For an Improper Purpose,’ But Denies George Johnson a New Trial | June 2016 |
| Michigan Court Denies Alibi/IAC Claim Because Defense Counsel Rejected Alibi Witness After Contacting Her | June 2016 |
| California Cold Case Trial Involves Lividity Evidence | June 2016 |
| North Dakota Man Claims His Attorney Failed to Contact Alibi Witness Who Placed Him in Fargo at Time of Grand Forks Robbery | June 2016 |
| 5th Circuit: ‘[A]t a minimum, counsel has the duty to interview potential witnesses and make an independent investigation’ | June 2016 |
| The Investigation Discovery Documentary on Adnan & the Leading Cause of Death for Serial Killer Victims | June 2016 |
| Reversed California Murder Conviction Resulted From Faulty Bite Mark & Lividity Evidence | June 2016 |
| Seventh Circuit Finds Defense Counsel Unreasonably Failed to Contact Additional Alibi Witness in Murder Case | May 2016 |
| My New Podster Article: ‘The Debbie Dilemma’ | May 2016 |
| What Types of Attorney Behavior are Per Se Ineffective Assistance of Counsel? | May 2016 |
| PA Court Finds IAC in Murder Case Based on Defense Counsel Failing to Contact Alibi Witness He Didn’t Trust | May 2016 |
| Detective Ritz and the Wrongful Conviction of Malcolm Bryant | May 2016 |
| Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Affirms Woodlawn Murder Conviction Despite Detective Misstating His Cell Tower Ping Expert Experience | April 2016 |
| Indiana Case Involves Intersection of Lividity and Brady Doctrine | April 2016 |
| Court of Appeals of Texas Distinguishes Between Failure to Call & Failure to Contact Alibi Witnesses | April 2016 |
| The Similarity Between the Brady Violations in the Breakdown/Justin Chapman Case & Adnan’s Case | April 2016 |
| No Basis in Fact: Why Thiru’s Closing Argument in the Derrick Toomer Case Required a New Trial | April 2016 |
| The Police Influence on the “Come & Get Me” Call & Jenn’s January 26th Talk with MacGillivary | April 2016 |
| What Maryland’s New ‘Fair Likelihood’ Test Means for Adnan’s Appeal? | April 2016 |
| Nisha’s Testimony & the Rule Against Hearsay | March 2016 |
| Was Nisha Interviewed on March 13th & Did That Interview Lead to Jay’s 2nd Interview? | March 2016 |
| Moving the Claim That the Nisha/Jay Call Occurred on January 13th to the “Implausible” Column | March 2016 |
| Attorney from Maryland AG’s Office Tries to Claim Suppressed Statements in Richard Nicolas Case Weren’t Favorable | March 2016 |
| Subscriber Activity and Applying the Analytical Gap Test to Chad Fitzgerald’s Testimony | March 2016 |
| The Statement of Facts for Jay’s Guilty Plea & the Location of Hae’s Car | March 2016 |
| Supreme Court’s Opinion in Wearry v. Cain Could Have an Effect on Adnan’s Appeal | March 2016 |
| Assessing Jay’s Claim of a 3:40ish “Come & Get Me” Call Based Upon His Pre-Interview | March 2016 |
| A Quick Post About the Recent Opinion in the Sabein Burgess Case | March 2016 |
| Maryland Murder Reversal Involves Pings & State’s Failure to Turn Over Cell Phone/Tower Instructions | March 2016 |
| A Brief Post on Adnan’s Motion to Supplement the Record | March 2016 |
| A Proposed Test for How the Court Should Assess the Misleading Disclosure Brady Claim in Adnan’s Case | February 2016 |
| The Game is Not Worth the Candle: Is Chad Fitzgerald’s Testimony Enough for a New Trial? | February 2016 |
| Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Opinion Implies Waranowitz’s Affidavit Necessitates a New Trial | February 2016 |
| Court of Appeals of Kansas Finds Alibi IAC Despite Concerns About Alibi Perjury, Hostility & Tampering | February 2016 |
| 6th Circuit Case w/Brady Violation Based on Nondisclosure of Cover Sheet About Unreliability of Evidence | February 2016 |
| Live Tweeted Murder Case Raises Interesting Mixed Lividity Issues | February 2016 |
| Court of Appeals of Maryland Steps in to Sort of 5th Amendment Issue in Freddie Gray Trials | February 2016 |
| Appeal Claims Thiru Vignarajah Violated 5th Amendment and Brady in 1st Degree Murder Case | February 2016 |
| Assessing the Lividity Decisions Made by Dr. Korell in Hae’s Autopsy Report | February 2016 |
| South Carolina Courts Find Failure to Contact Alibi Witness Ineffective, Despite PI Investigation | February 2016 |
| The Problems with the State Pivoting from the 2:36 Timeline to the 3:15 Timeline | February 2016 |
| Another Recent Case in Which the Maryland AG’s Office Claimed an Alibi Hurt a Defendant | February 2016 |
| A Brady Violation in Pictures | February 2016 |
| Wrap-Up of Adnan’s Reopened PCR Proceeding: Addendum | February 2016 |
| Wrap-Up of Adnan’s Reopened PCR Proceeding: It’s All About the Case(law) | February 2016 |
| Closing Argument Preview: The Difficulty the State Faces in Arguing Against Prejudice | February 2016 |
| Did FBI Special Agent Chad Fitzgerald Just Prove the Defense’s Brady Claim? | February 2016 |
| Debunking the Claim that a Teammate Said Adnan was 20 Minutes Late to Practice | February 2016 |
| Thoughts on the 2nd Day of Adnan’s Reopened PCR | February 2016 |
| Thoughts on the 1st Day of Adnan’s Reopened PCR | February 2016 |
| It Comes Down to This: Gutierrez’s Failure to Contact Asia McClain & Ineffective Assistance | February 2016 |
| A Preview of Adnan’s Reopened Postconviction Review Proceedings | February 2016 |
| Judge Finds Illinois Man’s Lawyer Ineffective Based on Failure to Contact Alibi Witness | January 2016 |
| Another Dr. Rodriguez Case, Another Disclosure Issue . . . And Lividity Evidence | January 2016 |
| Another Case, Another Dr. Rodriguez Report . . . and the Prosecution’s Failure to Turn it Over | January 2016 |
| Dr. Rodriguez’s Lack of a Report & Missing Interview Notes in the Adnan Syed Case | January 2016 |
| Follow-up on the New Information About Hae’s Plans on January 13, 1999 | January 2016 |
| What if Abraham Lincoln Cross-Examined Jay Wilds? | January 2016 |
| New Information About Hae’s Plans on January 13th | January 2016 |
| How Did the Detectives Know to Ask for Jenn on February 26th? | January 2016 |
| More Evidence That Jay Talked to the Detectives Before Jenn | January 2016 |
| The Evidence That Hae Did Not End Up Giving Adnan a Ride on January 13th | January 2016 |
| The Evidence That Jay Was Interviewed Before February 28th, 1999 | January 2016 |
| More Information About Hae Possibly Coming From Drama Tryouts on January 13th | January 2016 |
| 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez’s Overuse of Law Student Summaries of Witness Statements in Adnan’s Case | December 2015 |
| Why Adnan’s Reopened PCR Proceeding is Not About “Legal Technicalities” | December 2015 |
| More on Hae Possibly Coming From Drama Tryouts on January 13th | December 2015 |
| A Quick Discussion of the Scheduling of Adnan’s Reopened Postconviction Proceedings | December 2015 |
| More on the Judge Ruling the School Nurse Unqualified to Testify About Catatonic States at the Adnan Syed Trial | December 2015 |
| Was Hae Coming from Drama Tryouts Just Before She Told Adnan She Had “Something Else” to Do? | December 2015 |
| Assessing the LensCrafters Motion for an Ex Parte Subpoena in the Adnan Syed Case | December 2015 |
| Scrutinizing Jay’s Claim That Adnan Confessed to Somebody While Driving Jay to Work | December 2015 |
| Why Did Billy Murphy Force Gutierrez to Move Out of His Firm “Literally” Overnight Without Planning Whatsoever? | December 2015 |
| Did Gutierrez Perjure Herself By Saying She Saw Adnan’s Case as a Victory Because She Saved Him From Death Row? | December 2015 |
| Some Observations From the State’s 8/23/99 Amended Disclosure in the Adnan Syed Case | December 2015 |
| How Does Jay Now Know That Nothing Bad Happened in the Best Buy Parking Lot? | December 2015 |
| The Habit Defense Squandered by Cristina Gutierrez in the Adnan Syed Case | December 2015 |
| Even More on the Hair Analysis in the Adnan Syed Case | December 2015 |
| More on the Hair Analysis in the Adnan Syed Case & Excluding Him as A Source | November 2015 |
| Did the Deputy AG Handling Adnan’s Appeal Withhold Key Brady Evidence in Another Murder Case? | November 2015 |
| The Hairs That Came From Neither Hae Nor Adnan: The Most Exculpatory Physical Evidence in the Case? | November 2015 |
| Lividity Evidence Contradicts State’s Timeline in Clearwater Murder Case | November 2015 |
| Adding Context to the Defense’s Failure to Call a Medical Examiner at Adnan’s Trial | November 2015 |
| Who Made the Decision to Mail Subpoenas to Witnesses in the Adnan Syed Case? | November 2015 |
| An Accounting of How Gutierrez Handled All of the Alibi Witnesses at Adnan’s Trial(s) | November 2015 |
| Solving the Mystery of the Defense’s Failure to Contact Adnan’s Track Teammate Will | November 2015 |
| Did the Investigation Into Adnan’s Track Alibi Consist Solely of a Law Student Looking at a Yearbook Page? | November 2015 |
| More on the Recommendation of Cristina Gutierrez as Adnan’s Attorney | November 2015 |
| The Bad Idea of Handling More Than Two Death Penalty Cases at a Time | November 2015 |
| Adnan’s Inmate ID# & Location Remained the Same From March 1999 Through January 2000 | November 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez Picked Up An Attempted Murder Case 11 Days Before Adnan’s Second Trial | November 2015 |
| What Happened in the Death Penalty Case Cristina Gutierrez Handled in Puerto Rico? | November 2015 |
| Was Gutierrez Trying to Get Involved in a South Carolina Case a Week Before Adnan’s Scheduled Trial? | November 2015 |
| A Law Student Was in Charge of Subpoenaing Don’s Work Records From LensCrafters | October 2015 |
| The Clerks With Primary Responsibilities in Adnan’s Murder Case Were Law Students | October 2015 |
| More Drama at Cristina Gutierrez’s Law Firm in 1999/2000 | October 2015 |
| More Turnover at Cristina Gutierrez’s Law Firm in 1999 | October 2015 |
| The Departure of a named Partner From Cristina Gutierrez’s Law Firm in Fall 1999 | October 2015 |
| Professor Colbert’s Affidavit About the Thoughts of the Jurors After Adnan’s Mistrial | October 2015 |
| Exhibit 31 Was the Cause of the Mistrial at Adnan’s First Trial | October 2015 |
| Ware v. State & Misleading Disclosures as Brady Violations in Maryland | October 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez’s 1999 Maine Murder Case & Adnan’s Library Alibi | October 2015 |
| The Chain of Custody Form For the Windshield Wiper Lever in Hae’s Sentra | October 2015 |
| Analyzing the Progress Report on Jay’s Third Police Interview | October 2015 |
| Are There Notes of Jay’s April 13th Interview With Detectives? | October 2015 |
| Undisclosed Episode 12 & the Prisoners’ Dilemma in the American Criminal Justice System | October 2015 |
| Recent Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Case Deals with Authentication & Cell Phone/Tower Issues | October 2015 |
| An Addendum to Susan’s Post About Crime Scene Photos & Lividity | October 2015 |
| New Information About the Woodlawn Track Team & Practices: Harmful or Helpful to Adnan? | September 2015 |
| Another Thought on the State’s Response to Adnan’s Motion to Reopen: Affidavit vs. Testimony | September 2015 |
| Authentication and More Thoughts on the State’s Response to Adnan’s Motion to Reopen | September 2015 |
| Additional Thoughts on the State’s Response to Adnan’s Motion to Reopen | September 2015 |
| Some Quick Thoughts on the State’s Response to Adnan’s Motion to Reopen | September 2015 |
| Court of Appeals of Maryland Finds Protective Housing for a Witness Wasn’t a “Benefit” | September 2015 |
| Maryland Public Defender Trying to Get Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences Tossed | September 2015 |
| The Law Behind the Possible Transfer of Jay’s Case to Baltimore County | September 2015 |
| Harris v. State: The Most Important Case for Adnan Syed? | September 2015 |
| The Maryland State Police Aviation Unit Declined a Request to Search For Hae’s Sentra Via Helicopter | September 2015 |
| The Multiple Sclerosis Fraud Case Handled by Cristina Gutierrez in 1999/2000 | September 2015 |
| Another First-Degree Murder Case Handled by Cristina Gutierrez in 1999 | September 2015 |
| Undisclosed Extra: An Audio Answer to an 11th Twitter Question on My Blog | September 2015 |
| Cropped Video Deemed Inadmissible Due to Rule of Completeness, Best Evidence & Chain of Custody Issues | September 2015 |
| More on Jay’s Ride-Along Notes and The Mom Call | September 2015 |
| What Can the Video of Hae Min Lee’s Sentra Tell Us About the Windshield Wiper Lever? | September 2015 |
| Texas’s In Camera Approach to Releasing CrimeStoppers Information to Defendants | August 2015 |
| Answering Two Questions About the Intersection of CrimeStoppers & Brady | August 2015 |
| The Discoverability & Admissibility of CrimeStoppers Information in Maryland | August 2015 |
| Long Way Home: Would Jay Angling for the CrimeStoppers Reward be Enough for a New Trial? | August 2015 |
| Long Way Round: More on CrimeStoppers and Episode 10 of Undisclosed | August 2015 |
| Adnan’s Attorney Files a Supplement to the Motion to Reopen Based Upon Cell Phone Evidence | August 2015 |
| Adnan’s Handwritten Account of His Whereabouts on January 13th & His Role in Planning Hae’s Memorial | August 2015 |
| Why Did the State List Mark Pusateri & “Ann” as Prospective Witnesses in its Amended Disclosure? | August 2015 |
| Baltimore Man Freed After 30+ Years in Prison Based on Numerous Brady Violations After Motion to Reopen | August 2015 |
| Can the State File a Petition to Reopen a Postconviction Proceeding in Maryland? | August 2015 |
| Krista Comments on Adnan Assigning Speed Dial Numbers on His Cell Phone | August 2015 |
| More on Adnan Possibly Requesting a Ride From Hae After Track Practice | August 2015 |
| Adnan’s Guidance Counselor Testified That Adnan Picked Up His Rec Letter on January 13th | August 2015 |
| Was Adnan Requesting a Ride From Hae From Track Practice on January 13, 1999? | August 2015 |
| Did Adnan Know That Hae Had To Pick Up Her Cousin at Campfield? | August 2015 |
| Capital vs. Noncapital First-Degree Murder & The Likelihood of Getting a Bail Package | August 2015 |
| The U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty, the Doctrine of “Dual Criminality,” and the Detention of Adnan Syed | August 2015 |
| Five More Bail Letters From Adnan’s Classmates | August 2015 |
| DNA, Brady, and More Bail Letters From Adnan’s Classmates | August 2015 |
| Critiquing the State’s Argument that Adnan Presented Very Few Bail Letters From His Classmates | August 2015 |
| Murder Case is First Knox County Case to Involve Drive Test Analysis of Cell Tower Pings | August 2015 |
| 2 More 1st Degree Murder Cases in Puerto Rico that Cristina Gutierrez Handled During Adnan’s Case | July 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez Was Involved in 4 1st Degree Murder Cases in 4 Different Jurisdictions in 1999/2000 | July 2015 |
| Is Cristina Gutierrez Responsible for the Death Penalty in Puerto Rico? | July 2015 |
| Destination Unknown: More on the Cell Tower Pings From Episode 8 of Undisclosed | July 2015 |
| ACLU, Defense Attorneys Seek to Exclude Cell Tower Pings From Evidence in Murder Trial | July 2015 |
| Detective MacGillivary Thought That Hae Min Lee’s Computer & E-mail Account Were Unimportant | July 2015 |
| Why Was Adnan Syed Denied Bail After His Mistrial? | July 2015 |
| An Addendum to the Addendum: More on Bail, “Murder,” and Juvenile Suspects | July 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez’s Refusal to Speak to Jay’s Attorney & the “Magic Information” | July 2015 |
| Hae’s Brother Comments on What Happened to Her Computer | July 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez Didn’t Realize She’d Subpoenaed Hope Schab in the Adnan Syed Case | July 2015 |
| The Law(s) Behind Episode 7 of Undisclosed | July 2015 |
| The Track Coach Whom Cristina Gutierrez Failed to Contact in the Adnan Syed Case | July 2015 |
| Additional Context & A Call for Information About the Missing Police Interviews in the Adnan Syed Case | July 2015 |
| There is No Documentation for 2+ Witnesses Interviewed at the Precinct in the Adnan Syed Case | July 2015 |
| Can Jay’s Friend Chris Tell Us Anything About the Death of Hae Min Lee? | July 2015 |
| Did the Police Actually Interview Mark Pusateri in Connection With the Adnan Syed Prosecution? | July 2015 |
| Breaking Down the Possibilities Assuming Stephanie Was Honest & Accurate About Her Call to Adnan | July 2015 |
| What Are the Odds That Jay Was at Woodlawn at 3:00 P.M. on January 13th? | July 2015 |
| Delving More Into Jeff G.’s Importance to the Adnan Syed Trial/Appeal | July 2015 |
| A Quick Thought on Adnan Syed’s Motion to Reopen | June 2015 |
| The Defense Failed to Contact Adnan’s Track Teammate Will, a Potential Alibi Witness | June 2015 |
| The Defense Didn’t Start Contacting Adnan’s Track Teammates Until After October 16, 1999 | June 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez’s Issues Billing Clients for Work Done in Other Cases | June 2015 |
| An Example of a Misplaced Document Found in the Adnan Syed Case File | June 2015 |
| The 5 Missing Witness Statements & The Possibility of a New Trial for Adnan | June 2015 |
| Full Disclosure: Exclusive Q&A With the Creators of ‘Undisclosed’ | June 2015 |
| Full, Cleaned Up Audio From My Interview With Dr. Leigh Hlavaty Now Posted | June 2015 |
| Case Involving Death of Child Has Livor Mortis, Algor Mortis & Cell Tower Issues | June 2015 |
| An Addendum to the Addendum: More on Mobile NCIC Plate Checks | June 2015 |
| The ME at Adnan’s Trial Previously Testified That Lividity Fixes 8-12 Hours After Death | June 2015 |
| Livor Mortis & Placing a Victim in the Trunk of a Car | June 2015 |
| The “Two Hour Lividity” Case Handled by Gutierrez is Much Worse Than I Imagined | June 2015 |
| Cristina Gutierrez Was the Attorney Who Failed to Question the ME About the 2 Hour Lividity Claim | June 2015 |
| Did Gutierrez Give Ineffective Assistance of Counsel to Adnan on the Lividity Issue? | June 2015 |
| Autoptēs: More About Dual Lividity & The Impossibility of Hae Being in the Trunk for 4-5 Hours | June 2015 |
| Contextualizing Cristina Gutierrez’s Disbarment | June 2015 |
| Adding More Context to the Allegation That Gutierrez Wouldn’t Talk to 5 Witnesses for the Adnan Syed Trial | June 2015 |
| The Failed Attempt by the Defense to Subpoena Krista for the Adnan Syed Trial | June 2015 |
| Adding Context to the Allegation That Gutierrez Wouldn’t Talk to 5 Witnesses for the Adnan Syed Trial | May 2015 |
| Five Witnesses Accused Gutierrez of Not Talking to Them At the Adnan Syed Trial | May 2015 |
| Where in the Adnan Syed Trial Record Does Someone Accuse Gutierrez of Not Talking to People? | May 2015 |
| New Comments Policy | May 2015 |
| Chain of Fools, Take 5: Chain of Custody & The Failure to Properly Seal Blood Evidence | May 2015 |
| On March 3, 1999, Coach Sye Said That Track Practice Started at 3:30 P.M. at Woodlawn | May 2015 |
| Undisclosed Podcast Research Project: Can Anyone Find a Copy of this Order From the Zach Witman Case? | May 2015 |
| The Undisclosed Explainer & Another Maryland Case With a Remand in the Interests of Justice | May 2015 |
| In 2001, the Court of Appeals of Maryland Rejected the Same Argument Made Against Adnan Syed’s IAC Claim | May 2015 |
| Delving Deeper Into Maryland’s “Interest of Justice” Standard for the Adnan Syed Remand | May 2015 |
| Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Remands Adnan Syed’s Appeal So He Can Move to Have Asia Testify | May 2015 |
| Ineffective Assistance & The Deceased Attorney: A Major Case for Adnan’s Appeal | May 2015 |
| The State’s Brief, Take 5: More on the Duty to Independently Investigate & Interview Alibi Witnesses | May 2015 |
| The State’s Brief, Take 4: The Duty to Independently Investigate & Interview Alibi Witnesses | May 2015 |
| Jay’s Day: The Possible Legal Implications | May 2015 |
| The State’s Brief, Take 3: Disbelief as an Improper Basis for Failing to Contact an Alibi Witness | May 2015 |
| The State’s Brief, Take 2: The Failure to Contact/Call an Alibi Witness Based on Conflicts with the Defendant’s Own Alibi | May 2015 |
| Some Thoughts on the State’s Brief in the Adnan Syed Case | May 2015 |
| Bearing Witness?: Anticipating 2 Arguments by the State in its Brief in the Adnan Syed Appeal | May 2015 |
| An Addendum to the Addendum: Hae’s Second Diary & A Possible Due Process Clause Violation | May 2015 |
| The Prosecution Claiming That Hae Was Killed by 2:36 P.M. is a Legally Operative Fact | May 2015 |
| Randallstown Had a Home Basketball Game at 6:30 P.M. on January 13, 1999 | April 2015 |
| What if There Actually Were a Woodlawn Wrestling Match on January 13, 1999? | April 2015 |
| Undisclosed, Episode 2 & “Ann,” Another Possible Last Person to See Hae Alive | April 2015 |
| Adnan Syed’s Postconviction Hearing & Why the Court Could & Should Remand to Allow Asia McClain to Testify | April 2015 |
| The Second Reference to “Takera” in the State’s Files for the Adnan Syed Prosecution | April 2015 |
| Medical Examiner & Pathology Professor Leigh Hlavaty, M.D. on Livor Mortis, Rigor Mortis & Skin Slippage for Hae Min Lee | April 2015 |
| The Undisclosed Podcast, An Addendum to the Addendum: Additional Thoughts on Cathy’s Conference | April 2015 |
| Episode 1 of Undisclosed & Further Thoughts About Debbie’s Testimony at Trials 1 & 2 | April 2015 |
| The Undisclosed Podcast, Skin Slippage, and the Likely Back/Right Burial of Hae Min Lee | April 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: The Fluids Found In & Around Hae Min Lee’s Nose/Mouth Were Not Blood | April 2015 |
| Searching for “Takera,” the Other Last Person to See Hae Min Lee Alive | April 2015 |
| Woodlawn Only Had 8 Full School Days From December 24, 1998-January 24, 1999 | March 2015 |
| The Possible Significance of the Missing Ignition Collar in Hae Min Lee’s Nissan Sentra | March 2015 |
| Federal Lawsuit Includes Claims Against Baltimore Criminalist for Mischaracterizing Gunshot Residue Evidence | March 2015 |
| Some Quick Thoughts on Adnan Syed’s Brief of Appellant | March 2015 |
| Woodlawn’s 1998/1999 Schedule & Its Bearing on the Statements & Testimony by Debbie | March 2015 |
| Krista Comments on Adnan Asking Hae Min Lee For a Ride on January 13, 1999 | March 2015 |
| Krista’s Sketch of the Woodlawn Campus & Commentary About Various Locations On It | March 2015 |
| Reassessing Hae Min Lee’s Timeline on January 13, 1999 | March 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: It’s Exceedingly Unlikely the Stains on the T-Shirt in the Sentra Were From a Pulmonary Edema | March 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: It’s Exceedingly Unlikely Hae Min Lee’s Hemorrhages Were Caused By Punches Thrown in Her Sentra | March 2015 |
| Chain of Fools, Take 4: Brain Tissue Evidence Deemed Inadmissible Due to Chain of Custody Issues | March 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: What Was the Actual Murder Window for the Death of Hae Min Lee? | March 2015 |
| Chain of Fools, Take 3: Chain of Custody & Generic vs. Unique Evidence | March 2015 |
| Chain of Fools, Take 2: Do Problems With Chain of Custody Go To Admissibility or Weight? | March 2015 |
| Chain of Fools: Could the Government Have Established Chain of Custody For Hae Min Lee’s Sentra? | March 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: There Were No “Broken Edges” on the Windshield Wiper Lever in Hae Min Lee’s Sentra | February 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: The Prosecution Claimed (Conclusively) That Hae Was Strangled in the Passenger Seat | February 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: Vascular Strangulation, Unconsciousness & the Unlikelihood that Hae Min Lee Spoke | February 2015 |
| Rigor Mortis & What it Might be Able to Tell Us About When a Body Was Moved After Death | February 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: Blunt Force Injuries to the Head and Unconsciousness | February 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: An Introductory Post Concerning Blunt Force Injuries | February 2015 |
| Fixed Lividity/Livor Mortis: A Medical Examiner Weighs in | February 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: Acid Phosphatase as Evidence of Recent Sexual Activity or Decomposition | February 2015 |
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Different Prison Mail Policies of Different States | February 2015 |
| Undiscovered: The Broadening of the Defense’s Discovery Obligations in Maryland | February 2015 |
| Fixed Lividity/Livor Mortis: The Experts Weigh in on a Side Burial in the 7:00 Hour | February 2015 |
| Livor Mortis/Fixed Lividity: Why the ME Would Have Said a Side Burial of Hae in the 7:00 Hour Was Impossible | February 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts, Take 2: Focal Hemorrhaging of the Strap Muscles & Strangulation | February 2015 |
| The Autopsy Posts: Manual Strangulation & Petechial Hemorrhaging in the Face/Eyes | February 2015 |
| Second Lividity/Dual Lividity & Moving a Body During Partially Fixed Lividity | February 2015 |
| Fixed Lividity vs. a Mixed Pattern of Lividity & the Positioning of a Body After Death | January 2015 |
| Fixed Lividity/Livor Mortis & What It Means About a Body’s Burial | January 2015 |
| Ineffective Assistance of Counsel & the Suspended/Disbarred Attorney | January 2015 |
| Should Judges Participate in Plea Negotiations?: Comparing Judge Rakoff’s Proposal to My Own | January 2015 |
| The Serial Podcast, One Last Thing: Reassessing Adnan’s Shot at a New Trial Based on Asia McClain | January 2015 |
| The Serial Podcast, Final Post: Why I’m Now Convinced That Adnan Will Get a New Trial | January 2015 |
| The Serial Podcast: What I Think Adnan’s Attorney Told Him About Asia & How it Could Lead to a New Trial | January 2015 |
| The Serial Podcast: The Possible Legal Implications of Kevin Urick’s Interview for Adnan | January 2015 |
| The Serial Podcast, Transcripts: The Judge’s Denial of a Motion for Jurors to Visit the Best Buy | January 2015 |
| The Serial Podcast: What If Neither of Them Did It? Maryland’s New DNA Standard | January 2015 |
| 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast: The Possible Legal Implications of Jay’s Interview for Jay & Adnan | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Transcripts: The 2:36 Best Buy Call Was in the Opening Statement at the 1st Trial! | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in the Aggregate vs. Single Issue IAC | December 2014 |
| A Legal Companion to the Serial Podcast | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Coda: The Death of the Prosecution’s Case | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Followup: The Nisha Call — The Most Important Evidence of Adnan’s…Innocence? | 2December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Followup: Todd Berger on Adnan’s Chance of Success on Appeal | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 12: My Most Logical Scenarios for the Death of Hae Min Lee | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 12 Preview: I Know Exactly What the Jury Found Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 11: Premeditation & Manual Strangulation in Maryland | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 10: Was There Prosecutorial Misconduct With Jay’s Plea Deal? | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 9: How the Defense Could Have & Should Have Destroyed the Prosecution During Closing | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast: My Interview With Vox.Com & More on Adnan’s Chances of Success on Appeal | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 8: Bad Interrogations & Bad Evidence | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 7: Analyzing Maryland’s DNA Law & Its Application to Adnan’s Case | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 6: What Defense Counsel Could Have & Should Have Done With The Nisha Call | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast: A Timeline of Adnan’s Trials and Appeals & My Best Guess at the Current Status of His Case | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 10: The Supreme Court’s Framework for Prosecution Witness Plea Bargains | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 5: The Admissibility & Discoverability of the Cell Tower Evidence | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 4: How the Defense Could Have Used Jay’s Police Statements at Trial | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 3: Evidentiary Issues Related to Mr. S’s Indecent Exposure(s) & Failed Polygraph | December 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 2: Did the Prosecution Properly Admit Evidence of Adnan’s Religion & EMT Training? | November 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Episode 1: Did Adnan Receive the Ineffective Assistance of Counsel? | November 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Take 4: Did the Prosecution Violate the Brady Doctrine in Connection With Jay’s Plea Deal? | November 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Take 3: The Notes on the Back of Hae Min Lee’s Letter | November 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast, Take 2: The Erroneous Admission of Hae Min Lee’s Letter About Adnan Syed’s State of Mind | November 2014 |
| The Serial Podcast & the Admission of Hae Min Lee’s 62 Page Diary at Adnan Syed’s Murder Trial | November 2014 |
