Opinion ID: 2453691
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Heading: standard of review

Text: Appellate review of a trial court's suppression order is a mixed question of law and fact. People v. Pitts, 13 P.3d 1218, 1221-22 (Colo.2000). The trial court's legal conclusions are subject to de novo review. People v. Gothard, 185 P.3d 180, 183 (Colo.2008). However, we defer to a trial court's findings of fact if those findings are supported by competent evidence in the record. Pitts, 13 P.3d at 1221. We will not substitute our own judgment for that of the trial court unless the trial court's findings are clearly erroneous or not supported by the record. Id.