Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates is abandoning a motion to throw out the conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the podcast “Serial,” whose case in 2014 received worldwide attention.

Bates outlined his decision in an 88-page memo filed late Tuesday ahead of a pivotal hearing in the case. With the move, Bates breaks from the previous administration of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, whose office asked a judge to toss Syed’s conviction.

In a statement, Bates alleged that motion contained “false and misleading statements that undermine the integrity of the judicial process.”

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