article_snippet: The convicted killer featured on the popular 'Serial' podcast filed a brief Monday with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals stating the case for why Adnan Syed convicted of killing high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 .
   
article_snippet: Adnan Syed, 34, was convicted of strangling his high school sweetheart Hae Min Lee in 1999 and has been serving a life sentence since 2000.
article_snippet: his was 17 at the time of his high school sweetheart Hae Min Lee's death.
article_snippet: Adnan Syed, the subject of Serial, was convicted of strangling his high school sweetheart Hae Min Lee in 1999 .
article_snippet: Syed, who was 17 at the time of his high school sweetheart
article_snippet: Hae Min Lee's (right) death, has been serving a life sentence since 2000 and is now 34 .
highlights_snippet: Adnan Syed convicted of killing high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 .
  
highlights_snippet: Adnan Syed convicted of killing high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 .
  
highlights_snippet: Maryland Court of Special Appeals agreed to hear Adnan Syed convicted of killing high school girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999 .
   