The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing his wife in 2015, in a case that drew widespread attention because of evidence from the victim's Fitbit

In spite of what it called troubling “improprieties” by the prosecution, the state Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Richard Debate’s conviction for his wife’s murder in a case that became infamous when the victim’s Fitbit exercise tracker refuted his claim of innocence.