On Friday, the Maryland Court of Appeals agreed to hear Adnan's case.

It's a huge, huge victory for the 33-year-old.

In a stunning twist, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled in favor of Syed without

any hearing and sent the case back to the trial court.

Hi, I'ma, Shamin.

This is Rabia.

Hi, Rabia.

Slam al-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.

I just wanted to know how we're feeling after the court ruling.

We were so happy.

Yeah, because he came down and said, my mom, look, Rabia, you know, she texts me, we were so happy.

And you spoke to Adnan, too?

He called me, I said, Hadnan. He said, Mom, you know, I talked to lawyer, and he was also so excited, you know, he said, finally, you know, it's looked like God, except our prayer.

Absolutely. Okay, thank you so much.

Thank you, Rabia. That was Ednan's mom, who I call, affectionately, Auntie Shamim.

And she was speaking to me this morning about the recent order issued by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

We're getting a lot of questions about what this order means.

Why has the Court of Special Appeals remanded the

case to the circuit court? What does that mean in terms of the post-conviction? Does it mean

Asia gets to testify? Does it mean Adnan gets a new trial? So in order to break it down

in the layman's terms, we thought we'd ask Colin to please,

who, by the way, has done so much extensive writing and research on the legal aspects of the case

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