California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Archer, B250502 (Cal. App. 2014):
is reviewed by us under the 'abuse of discretion' standard appropriately results in our paying considerable deference to the hearing court's factual findings: '"All questions of the weight and sufficiency of the evidence are addressed, in the first instance, to the trier of fact, in this case, the trial judge."'" (People v. Nance (1991) 1 Cal.App.4th 1453, 1460, fn. 4.)
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