IANAL but I do know that Maryland does have some rules about victims' rights. I'm a bit surprised that they allow a court to void the dismissal of charges but I guess you learn something new every day.

Pragmatically I am glad that this means the decision about the dismissal goes to Ivan Bates. Mosby was such a garbage public official that the resolution of the Syed case would always have been suspect if the final decision was up to her. If Bates looks at the totality of the evidence and agrees that the charges should be dropped I'll have a much easier time accepting it.