Improper phone seizure leads appeals court to overturn N.J. murder conviction

Improper phone seizure leads appeals court to overturn N.J. murder conviction

An appeals court has overturned an Atlantic County murder conviction because it said police improperly seized the suspect’s cell phone for a month before obtaining a search warrant for its contents.The Tuesday decision overturns Timothy Wright’s murder conviction for the strangulation death of 25-year-old Joyce Vanderhoff. A driver spotted her body on the side of Weymouth Road in Hamilton Township in February 2014 and pointed it out to a passing…