Baltimore prosecutors have announced their decision to withdraw a motion to vacate Adnan Syed's murder conviction even as they support his recent request for a sentence reduction.

Baltimore’s top prosecutor is no longer seeking to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the man whose case garnered national attention in the “Serial” podcast over a decade ago.

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction will be reinstated after Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced the withdrawal of the motion to vacate judgment.

The case of Mr. Syed, who spent decades in prison for the murder of his high school girlfriend, was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.”

Adnan Syed's murder conviction will remain in place after Baltimore City prosecutors withdrew a motion to vacate the conviction Tuesday.

Adnan Syed, whose murder case was chronicled in the 2014 "Serial" podcast, will return to court for a hearing on Wednesday as a judge considers whether to reduce his sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.

Adnan Syed entered the Baltimore City Circuit Court on Wednesday morning for a hearing on a motion to have his life sentence reduced to time served, just hours after Baltimore prosecutors announced a decision to withdraw a motion to vacate his murder conviction.

Syed, whose case garnered international attention after the “Serial” podcast, has a hearing Wednesday seeking to reduce his sentence and allow him to remain free.

Baltimore's prosecutor withdrew the motion to vacate judgment in the case of Adnan Syed, filed by the previous administration.

Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates says his office will drop the motion to vacate the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, whose case was the subject of the "Serial" podcast.

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction will be reinstated after Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced the withdrawal of the motion to vacate judgment.