Mr. Worth, the judges said, provided ineffective assistance to his client.
Brown maintains that Syed's original attorney, Cristina Gutierrez, who was disbarred the following year, provided ineffective counsel in Syed's original trial in 2000.
Syed, now 35, had argued in Baltimore court that Cristina Gutierrez, his lawyer in the original trial, had provided ineffective counsel and failed to investigate a crucial alibi.
He concluded that far from providing ineffective assistance, the "strategic decisions of Mr Duchardt were well reasoned, as reflected by the record and the oversight of the court".
The judge rejected Mr. O'Hara's contention that lawyers who had handled his case provided ineffective representation, saying the evidence was nearly overwhelming that Mr. O'Hara had used a sham address for voting.
After more than a decade of futile appeals, a Connecticut Superior Court judge granted Skakel a new trial on the grounds that his attorney, Michael Sherman, had provided ineffective assistance under the Sixth Amendment.
But Judge Irenas found that the lawyer, Glenn A. Zeitz, had provided ineffective representation by failing to pursue or present witnesses whose testimony might have persuaded the jury to give Mr. Marshall a 30-year prison sentence instead of the death penalty.
Gergel also indicated he had not heard enough evidence to suggest that his previous lawyers had provided ineffective counsel.
The notion that Planned Parenthood baits women into unwanted pregnancies by providing ineffective contraception then profits off the abortions is nothing new, but it's as outrageous as it sounds.
In a copy of the Maryland court order obtained by The Huffington Post, Judge Martin P. Welch agreed with the defense's claim that the lawyer in Syed's initial trial provided ineffective counsel when she failed to cross-examine the state of Maryland's cell tower expert about the reliability of key evidence.
