California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Trejo, B256917 (Cal. App. 2014):
"'The standard of appellate review of a trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress is well established. We defer to the trial court's factual findings, express or implied, where supported by substantial evidence. In determining whether, on the facts so found, the search or seizure was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, we exercise our independent judgment. [Citations.]' [Citation.]" (People v. Weaver (2001) 26 Cal.4th 876, 924.) We consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court's
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determination; thus we do not resolve conflicts in the testimony, reweigh the evidence or the reasonable inferences drawn from it, or judge the credibility of witnesses. (People v. Woods (1999) 21 Cal.4th 668, 673.)
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