Court Case Of Adnan Masud Syed

Your Honor, members of the jury, my name is Gracie Hernandez, representing the defendant in this case. My client, Adnan Masud Syed, was an honor roll student at Woodlawn high school that everybody described to be someone who was going to do something big and is now being accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. According to the State, on January 13, 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland, during 2:15 to 2:36 pm, Hae Min Lee was murdered by manual strangulation in the Best Buy parking lot on Security Boulevard in Windsor Mill, Maryland, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend Adnan. Later both Adnan and Jay Wilds buried Ms. Lee’s body at Leakin park during the hours 6 to 8 pm. Today I will be proving Adnan is an innocent minor and does not deserve

The evidence will show that the State's main witness, Jay Wilds, who was allegedly involved in the aiding of the victims murder, is an unreliable witness. Jay’s testimony has many inconsistencies and misleading information. During Jay’s interrogation with the police, he changes multiple parts of his story. The following are a few of the modifications the witness made, one Jay states to have refused to help in the digging of the victims grave but later reforms his story and states he did. Two, Jay told police Adnan informed him about his plan to murder Ms. Lee the day the murder occurred but later alters his story and says Adnan had frequently mentioned killing her. Lastly, Jay told police he saw the victim's body at 3:45 at a strip on Edmondson but later contradicted himself and said he saw it in the Best

He will tell you he went shopping around 12 pm with Jay Wilds to retrieve a gift for his then girlfriend Stephanie, Jay later dropped Adnan back off but kept both his car and cell phone. Next, I will call Asia McClain, a student who was at the Woodlawn library and recalled seeing and talking to Adnan at the time the State attest the murder of Hae Min Lee occurred. Asia will tell you she recalled seeing Adnan the afternoon of January 13, 1999, during the time of the victims murder. She recalls having a conversation with Adnan about his breakup with Ms.Lee. If we ask her why she is able to recall these details she will tell you that it has to do with the fact that it snowed a couple days after she had seen and talked to Adnan. Asia recalling that it snowed a few days after is very important because it shows she is able to recall the events of that day clearly. Therefore her story not only checks out but it shows Adnan was not involved in the murdering of Ms.Lee. Finally, I will call Jay Wilds, who testified against Adnan and helped in the disposing of Ms.Lee's