Adnan Syed’s legal fate remained uncertain Wednesday, as a Baltimore judge delayed ruling whether his life sentence should be reduced for the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee. Following hours of testimony,

Meanwhile, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced Tuesday that his office is withdrawing a previously filed motion to vacate Syed’s conviction in the 1999 killing of his high school ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, who was found strangled to death and buried in a makeshift grave.

Adnan Syed remains a convicted murderer and out of prison with his future in limbo after a judge heard testimony Wednesday without a ruling from the bench on his request to reduce his sentence to time served.