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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 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 Reel v. Commonwealth.

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1 Reel v. Commonwealth Anchor
vactapp · 2000
green “at a hearing on a defendant's motion to suppress, the commonwealth has the burden of proving that a warrantless search or seizure did not violate the defendant's fourth amendment rights.” 5
2 Motley v. Commonwealth
vactapp · 1993
green “it, however, is well established that, on appeal, appellant carries the burden to show, considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, that the denial of a motion to suppress constitutes reversible error.” 5

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