Opinion ID: 884555
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Text: ¶8. We review a trial court's grant of a motion to suppress evidence to determine whether the court's findings of fact are clearly erroneous and whether those findings file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/cu1046/Desktop/opinions/98-201_(11-12-98)_Opinion_.htm (4 of 7)4/20/2007 10:47:56 AM No were correctly applied as a matter of law. State v. Roberts (1997), 284 Mont. 54, 56, 943 P.2d 1249, 1250. Factual findings are clearly erroneous if they are not supported by substantial evidence, the court has misapprehended the effect of the evidence, or our review of the record convinces us that a mistake has been committed. Interstate Prod. Credit Ass'n v. DeSaye (1991), 250 Mont. 320, 323, 820 P.2d 1285, 1287.