Timeline VIII
Tuesday, July 13, 1999
- Gutierrez's clerks (Ali Pourneder and Rita P) meet with Adnan and take notes re: Adnan's schedule. This is the first time Adnan has mentioned Asia to Gutierrez. However, in his PCR testimony, Adnan tells the court that he gave the letters to Gutierrez immediately upon receipt.
Wednesday, July 14, 1999
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4:50AM: Defense types notes from Bilal's grand jury testimony
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Gutierrez law clerk, Ali P visits Adnan
Thursday, July 15, 1999
- J. Patel and J Aslam visit Adnan
Thursday, July 22, 1999
Friday, July 23, 1999
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Cristina Gutierrez approved to represent Adnan. Adnan present in court room?
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Separate motion heard and denied
Thursday, July 29, 1999
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Jonaid A. and Tanveer visit Adnan
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Adnan moved from Section R, Cell 35, on Floor B to Section R, Cell 53, on Floor B of the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Saturday, July 31, 1999
Monday, August 2, 1999
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12:30PM: Police interview Neighbor Boy who says he was not telling the truth about seeing a body in a trunk
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State informs the Defense of the existence of Hae's diary.
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State discloses that Mr. S discovered Hae’s body, but only provides the 2nd polygraph, not the one that showed deception.
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State discloses where Hae's car was found.
Wednesday, August 4, 1999
- Kali Memo to Guitierrez re: the Anonymous Caller. Kali writes that Tanveer thinks the Baser, might be "Yaser," Adnan's good friend. And that Yaser does not think Adnan is guilty.
Thursday, August 5, 1999
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In a letter to Urick, CG requests: Mr. S Polygraph and Interviews, Crime Scene Photos, Name and CV of Person administering polygraphs, etc.
Wednesday, August 12, 1999
- Adnaan A and Salman visits Adnan
Monday, August 17, 1999
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State has motioned for some sort of protective order (Jay?) and Adnan has responded.
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Channel 2 News at Baltimore City Detention Center to tape news segment (either this day or the next)
Tuesday, August 18, 1999
- Channel 2 News at Baltimore City Detention Center to tape news segment (either this day or the day before)
Wednesday, August 19, 1999
Thursday, August 20, 1999
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Urick writes to Bilal: asks for a meeting, to prepare for the trial that is still set for October 13
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Chanel 2 News airs segment showing Adnan's hands, t-shirt and shorts, nothing of his cell was shown.
Friday, August 21, 1999
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Adnan says he remembers talking to the track coach on the 13th about leading prayers on the 14th.
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Adnan does not remember where he was when Young Lee & Officer Adcock called him
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Adnan writes down his January 13 class schedule for Kaliope Parthemos.
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Adnan re-emphasizes that Bettye Stuckey's college recommendation letter is dated 1/13, and can be found in Adnan's Bail Hearing Prep files.
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Typed attorney notes that Adnan was in school at 1:13PM (because Mrs. Stuckey printed out his recommendation letter) at that time.. Unknown to the attorney is that the actual letter does not have a time stamp, but the date 1/13 is handwritten at the bottom.
Monday, August 23, 1999
Tuesday, August 24, 1999
- Report on Islamic Culture with Respects to Adnan Syed. This report was written by M.D. "Mandy" Johnson, the Missing Persons consultant Hae's uncle hired when it was a missing persons case.
Wednesday, August 25, 1999
Tuesday, August 31, 1999
Thursday, September 2, 1999
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Tanveer visits Adnan
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Bilal calls Cristina Gutierrez re: August 20 letter from Urick
Friday, September 3, 1999
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State discloses that they have Adnan's cell phone records and intends to introduce them as business records at trial. This is the first time the defense has heard about the call log.
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Trace analysis report confirming blood on shirt is human blood
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#4 is Kristi Vinson. This is when Gutierrez found out about Adnan and Jay's trip to "Cathy's"
Tuesday, September 7, 1999
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Detective Ritz faxes AT&T wireless security (Sharon) re: cell tower locations pinged by Adnan's cell phone on January 12 and 13 - in advance of a subpoena for an expert to appear at trial.
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Defense asks to set a date for viewing of the crime scene photographs
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State says it's fine to come see photographs on September 13
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Defendant responds to state's motion in limine, and renews motion to compel Urick and Quarles to disclose what Jay has said: aka: Defense asks again for the identity of the key witness (Jay), and opposes the states motion to bar disclosure of Jay's identity and statements.
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Jay pleads guilty to accessory after the fact at a hearing presided over by Joseph McCurdy.
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Jay is assured that the maximum sentence is five years in prison.
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Jay signs plea agreement
Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Friday, September 10, 1999
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Judge Quarles decision re: Adnan not being entitled to Jay's statements until after Jay testifies (ie; information about Jay.)
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Court orders prosecution to hand over any statements made by Adnan. But Adnan didn't make any statements, so there is nothing to hand over.
Monday, September 13, 1999
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State discloses that Jay has entered a plea agreement.
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Defense views crimes scene photographs at Urick's office.
Tuesday, September 14, 1999
- Detective MacGillvary types memo re; his February 26 interview with Adnan.
Friday, September 17, 1999
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Cristina Gutierrez (and associate Rita) visits Adnan in prison re: Protective Custody
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Email fragment re; discovery. Urick says no new discovery avail.
Monday, September 20, 1999
Tuesday, September 21, 1999
Thursday, September 23, 1999
- Ritz faxes a subpoena to AT&T for an expert to appear at trial on October 13, Adnan's original trial date
Friday, September 24, 1999
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Dr. Rodriguez orally reported that the state of Hae's body at the time she was found, was consistent with the date she disappeared.
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State discloses that the original request for DNA typing could not be processed, and that results of a new request are not expected for 6-8 weeks. (Did Urick delay DNA testing so that it would not be ready by the time of trial?)
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Prosecution discloses that the state will call a witness from AT&T wireless, but they do not know who AT&T will send.
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Subpoena that was faxed to AT&T for an expert to appear at trial - did not go through
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Gutierrez files Motion for Review of No Bail status and lists of properties that can be forfeited if Adnan skips bail.
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This subpoena was supposed to be sealed and not available to the prosecution. But prosecutors filed a similar request.
Monday, September 27, 1999
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Detective Ritz re-faxes subpoena for an expert from AT&T to appear at trial on October 13, Adnan's original trial date
Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Wednesday, September 29, 1999
- Bilal calls Gutierrez re: returning Lewis's phone number. He says there is only one number where he can be reached.
Thursday, September 30, 1999
- Dr. Korrell orally reports the the state of the victim's body at the time of autopsy was consistent with the date of her appearance.
Friday, October 1, 1999
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The ME determined that the state of the victim's body is consistent with her having died the date of her disappearance.
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Items in Hae's glove box, her black shoes, and papers from the trunk of her car had been previously undisclosed.
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Hae and Adnan's homework is available for the defense to review.
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A page from Mr. S's polygraph that had previously "gone missing" and the entire report was attached.
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DNA tests of Adnan, Hae and Jay's blood (to compare to DNA on the shirt) will not be ready until after the trial date.
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The state subpoenaed Don's work records and defense could review them once received.
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Prosecution files motion seeking to admit excerpts from Hae's Diary at trial. By submitting the motion to admit excerpts, the state avoided handing over the entire diary.
Monday, October 4, 1999
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Lenscrafters sends timecards to the defense. These timecards do not show Don working on the 13th.
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Lenscrafters sends timecards to the State. These timecards do not show Don working on the 13th.
Tuesday, October 5, 1999
Wednesday, October 6, 1999
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Defense receives the entire diary.
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Lenscrafters sends Don's Hunt Valley timecard to the Defense. This is the corrected timecard showing Don working on the 13th.
Thursday October 7, 1999
- Lenscrafters sends Don's Hunt Valley timecard to the State. This is the corrected timecard showing Don working on the 13th. Lenscrafters includes the timecards of 3 other lab techs, Don's alibis.
Friday, October 8, 1999
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Prosecution discloses:
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The state intends to call a representative from AT&T as an “expert witness." (This is the first time cell phone data is mentioned in disclosure. Disclosure doesn't say the data being will be used to locate the phone.)
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Locations that would ping certain cell towers. State does not disclose the location of the towers
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The blood on the shirt does not match Adnan or Jay. It only matches Hae.
Monday, October 11, 1999
Tuesday, October 12, 1999
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Defense moves for a continuance based on not getting the diary until October 6, and the fact that Jay now has a plea deal even though the prosecution said Jay would not be charged. Despite Urick trying to hide this, Jay's plea hearing was on September 7 and no facts were asserted to support the plea. Defense maintains that these facts could contain exculpatory information.
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AT&T reps signs affidavit certifying that Adan's cell phone records are from Adnan's cell phone.
Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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Original start date for Adnan's trial
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Gutierrez is notified that an additional continuance has been denied and the case was assigned to Judge Quarles per Urick's request
Thursday, October 14, 1999
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Quarles calls Gutierrez. Says he will have a new trial date for Adnan later that afternoon.
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Bilal arrested, but not charged. (fourth degree sex offense?)
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Court grants a continuance of Adnan's trial until December 7, 1999
Friday, October 15, 1999
- Hae Min Lee 19th Birthday
Monday, October 16, 1999
Sunday, October 17, 1999
- CG's associate "SS" emails her that Bilal was not charged.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
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Disclosure says Bilal was arrested and charged with a fourth degree sex offense.
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CG Law Office Memo stating Bilal was arrested, but not charged.
Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Thursday, October 28, 1999
Friday, October 29, 1999
Monday, November 1, 1999
- Crimestoppers paid $3,075 to a tipster who implicated Adnan. $575 was from Crimestoppers. The rest was from Korean Community Donations.
Wednesday, November 3, 1999
- 11:15AM: CG's Associates are in the Baltimore City Police HQ basement. They record their review of all the evidence there. Adnan is present for the evidence review. Weirdly, Rabia posted snippets of the evidence review in her blog and Undisclosed Podcast has posted snippets that are the same but different. The movie receipt is missing in the Undisclosed snippets. And Rabia's appear to be part of a retyping to crop out page numbers maybe, and footers.
Monday, November 8, 1999
- Review of evidence in Syed case. Recorded. CG's Associates are in the Baltimore City Police HQ basement. They record their review of all the evidence disclosed. Adnan is present for the evidence review. See notes and links in November 3 entry.
Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Thursday, November 11, 1999
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Evidence Review Transcribed:
Friday, November 12, 1999
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10:28PM:Evidence Review Transcribed:
Saturday, November 13, 1999
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Evidence Review Transcribed:
November 23, 1999
Thursday, December 2, 1999
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Salvatore Bianca (Trace Analysis Unit): "of the hairs with characteristics sufficient for identification, none of them match the defendant.” Defense asks if these two hairs matched anyone other than the defendant. Prosecution does not respond.
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Hope Schab calls McGillvary to find out when she will need to testify
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
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