California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Snyder, 11 Cal.App.4th 389, 13 Cal.Rptr.2d 837 (Cal. App. 1992):
On appeal from a denial of a motion to suppress we defer to the trial court's factual findings where supported by substantial evidence, but we must exercise our independent judgment to determine whether, on the facts found, the search and seizure were reasonable under Fourth Amendment standards. (People v. Leyba (1981) 29 Cal.3d 591, 596-597, 174 Cal.Rptr. 867, 629 P.2d 961.)
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