Photos: Adnan Syed in court

Yusuf Syed, brother of Adnan Syed (second from left), family friend Rabia Chaudry, and Shamim Rahman, mother of Yusuf and Adnan (right), leave Courthouse East during a lunch recess on the fifth day of hearings.

Yusuf Syed, left, the brother of Adnan Syed, and his mother Shamin Rahman, right, watched Adnan Syed leave Courthouse East in shackles after today’s hearing. Adnan Syed was convicted in 2000 by a jury of killing his high school classmate Hae Min Lee and was sentenced to life in prison.

The family and friends of Adnan Syed wave to him as he leaves Courthouse East after today’s hearing. Syed was convicted in 2000 by a jury of killing his high school classmate Hae Min Lee and was sentenced to life in prison.

Adnan Syed’s mother, Shamim Rahman, left, and her son Yusuf Syed, right, chat with family and friends near the courthouse in the early evening after the conclusion of the second day of the Adnan Syed hearing.

Shamim Rahman, the mother of Adnan Syed, left, and family friend Rabia Chaudry, right, gathered with family and friends near the courthouse to chat after the conclusion of the second day of Syed’s hearing.

Rabia Chaudry, 41, family friend and advocate for Adnan Syed, has been sequestered during the hearing in case she has to testify.

Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to the second day of a hearing on whether he should be granted a new trial.

Serial producer Sarah Koenig (right) who narrated the podcast about Adnan Syed arrives at Baltimore Circuit Courthouse East for the second day of hearings on whether Syed should get a new trial in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.

Right, Thiru Vignarajah, Deputy Attorney General for Maryland, walks to Courthouse East on the 2nd day of hearings on whether Adnan Syed should get a new trial in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.

Right, Thiru Vignarajah, Deputy Attorney General for Maryland, walks to Courthouse East on the 2nd day of hearings on whether Adnan Syed should get a new trial in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.

“Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed is escorted from the courthouse after the end of the first day of hearings.

Alibi witness Asia McClain walks from the courthouse with an unidentified man after the first day of the retrial hearing of Adnan Syed of “Serial.”

Officials escort “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed from the courthouse at the end of the first day of hearings for a retrial.

Thiru Vignarajah, Deputy Attorney General for Maryland, pauses before reading a statement from the family of Hae Min Lee, reacting to the retrial hearing of Adnan Syed of “Serial.”

Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing on whether he should be granted a new trial.

Shamim Rahman enters Courthouse East in Baltimore for a hearing on whether her son, Adnan, should be granted a new trial in the murder of Hae Min Lee in 1999.

Adnan Syed enters Courthouse East in Baltimore prior to a hearing on whether he should be granted a new trial.

In this Dec. 10, 2014 file photo, prison artwork created by Adnan Syed sits near family photos in the home of his mother, Shamim Syed, in Baltimore. Adnan Syed, a convicted killer at the center of the first season of the podcast “Serial,” appeared in court Feb. 3, 2016, as his attorneys argue for a new trial.