Story highlights A Baltimore Circuit Court judge has reopened Adnan Syed's case

Hearing will exam evidence by Syed's legal team and the reliability of cell tower location technology

(CNN) Adnan Syed, a Baltimore man whose murder conviction was brought to light in the popular podcast "Serial," may have a chance at freedom more than 15 years later.

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Martin Welch on Friday granted a request to reopen Syed's case.

The post-conviction hearing will focus on potential new evidence, according to Justin Brown , the attorney for Syed.

Syed was convicted in 2000 in the killing of his ex-girlfriend and classmate Hae Min Lee. Her body was found in a park one month after she went missing in January 1999. She had been strangled.

Syed, 35, is serving a life sentence and is seeking a new trial.

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