Maryland's highest court on Friday reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case gained fame after the "Serial" podcast examined his cause.
Syed was convicted of killing Hae Min Lee, a former girlfriend and Woodlawn High School classmate, in 1999 and then burying her body in Leakin Park in Baltimore. He is currently serving a life sentence for the murder.
The Maryland Court of Appeals found that Syed received a "deficient performance" from his defense lawyer, the late Cristina Gutierrez, but the weight of the evidence still pointed toward guilt.
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