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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Whitehurst.

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1 People v. Whitehurst Anchor
ny · 1969
green “the people have the burden of going forward to show the legality of the police conduct in the first instance” 15
2 People v. Baliukonis
nyappdiv · 2006
green “are entitled to great deference on appeal and will not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record” 3
3 People v. Baliukonis
nyappdiv · 2006
green “the factual findings and credibility determinations of the supreme court following a suppression hearing are entitled to great deference on appeal and will not be disturbed unless clearly unsupported by the record” 3
4 People v. Thomas
nyappdiv · 2002
green “bears the ultimate burden of proving, by a preponderance of the credible evidence, that the evidence should not be used against him” 3

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