California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Byrd, F062412 (Cal. App. 2012):
We set forth the relevant facts, which we take from the hearing on the suppression motion, in the light most favorable to the trial court's ruling on the motion. (See People v. Miranda (1993) 17 Cal.App.4th 917, 922 ["In reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress evidence, we view the record in the light most favorable to the trial court's ruling and defer to its findings of historical fact, whether express or implied, if they are supported by substantial evidence"].)
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