On Monday, August 19th, Adnan's defense team filed a petition for writ of Sir Chiori with the United States Supreme Court.

So, what does that mean and what can we expect going forward in his case?

Hi and welcome to the special episode of Undisclosed.

This is Rabia Chaudry. I'm an attorney and author, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, Susan Simpson and Colin Miller.

Hi, this is Susan Simpson.

I'm an attorney in Washington, D.C., and I blog at the view from LL2.

Hi, this is Colin Miller.

I'm an associate dean and professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law,

and I blog at Evidence Prof blog. Let's start by taking you back to March 8th, 2019.

On that day, the Court of Appeals of Maryland reversed two lower courts and denied Adnan

a new trial.

First, in a 4-3 ruling, Maryland's highest court held that Adnan had failed to prove

ineffective assistance of counsel based on his trial attorney, Christina Gutierrez, failing to contact

alibi witness, Asia McLean. As you may recall, the state claimed at trial that Adnan had killed

Hayman Lee in a Best Buy parking lot shortly before making a 236 p.m.

call from a payphone at the Best Buy.

And Asia McLean would later testify at Adnan's post-conviction proceeding

that she was with Adnan at the library next to the high school

until 240 p.m. on the day of the murder.

Six of the seven justices of the Court of Appeals agreed with

Adnan that Gutierrez rendered deficient performance by failing to contact Asia McLean, despite

Adnan showing her the letters that Asia had written him in prison. And yet, the four judges in the

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