Mason claim in Pennsylvania

2020Id. at 254 .

2020See id. at 254 , citing Segura v. United States, 468 U.S. 796, 805 (1984) (where police forcefully entered a dwelling without a warrant and observed contraband in plain view, suppression of the contraband not required where it was later seized pursuant to a warrant obtained based on information which had nothing to do with the warrantless entry; “it is clear from our prior holdings that ‘the exclusionary rule has no application [where] the Government learned of the evidence ‘from an independent source.’’”) (quoting Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 487 (1963)).

2026“The law is clear that an indefinitely suspended sentence is not a sentencing alternative and is illegal. ‘It is the uncertainty surrounding such sentences, and the disorder they can engender, that prompts their prohibition.’” Thompson v. Thompson, 187 A.3d 259, 264 (Pa. Super. 2018) (“Thompson I”) (citations omitted), affirmed, Thompson II, 223 A.3d 1272 . ____________________________________________ 8 As noted above, Mason did not appeal from the adjudication of contempt, which carried the sentence in dispute.

2026See Orfield, 52 A.3d at 278 .

2020See id. at 254 , citing Segura v. United States, 468 U.S. 796, 805 (1984) (where police forcefully entered a dwelling without a warrant and observed contraband in plain view, suppression of the contraband not required where it was later seized pursuant to a warrant obtained based on information which had nothing to do with the warrantless entry; “it is clear from our prior holdings that ‘the exclusionary rule has no application [where] the Government learned of the evidence ‘from an independent source.’’”) (quoting Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 487 (1963)).

2020See id. at 254 , citing Segura v. United States, 468 U.S. 796, 805 (1984) (where police forcefully entered a dwelling without a warrant and observed contraband in plain view, suppression of the contraband not required where it was later seized pursuant to a warrant obtained based on information which had nothing to do with the warrantless entry; “it is clear from our prior holdings that ‘the exclusionary rule has no application [where] the Government learned of the evidence ‘from an independent source.’’”) (quoting Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 487 (1963)).

2019See Commonwealth v. Woodard, 136 A.3d 1003 (Pa. Super. 2016) (ruling on a motion to join informations is not reviewable under Rule 311(d) because it had no effect on the Commonwealth’s ability to prosecute); Commonwealth v. Smith, 544 A.2d 943, 945 (Pa. 1988) (holding that severance of two informations was not reviewable under Rule 311(d)).

2019See Commonwealth v. Woodard, 136 A.3d 1003 (Pa. Super. 2016) (ruling on a motion to join informations is not reviewable under Rule 311(d) because it had no effect on the Commonwealth’s ability to prosecute); Commonwealth v. Smith, 544 A.2d 943, 945 (Pa. 1988) (holding that severance of two informations was not reviewable under Rule 311(d)).

2018See Mason, 130 A.3d 601, 630 (rejecting as meritless Mason’s claim regarding a heat of passion defense based upon the “stormy relationship” he had with the victim; even considering the other evidence proffered by Mason but not used at trial, “it was not unreasonable for counsel to forgo attempting to persuade the jury that [Mason] acted in the heat of passion”).

2014We may affirm a trial court’s decision regarding a motion to suppress on any ground, “even where those grounds were not suggested to or known by the trial court.” Commonwealth v. Gatlos, 76 A.3d 44 , 62 n.14 (Pa. Super. 2013); see also Thompson, 93 A.3d at 484 (we are not bound by the trial court’s legal conclusions, but must apply the law to the supported facts found by the trial court).

2014“Our standard of review in addressing a challenge to the denial of a suppression motion is limited to determining whether the suppression court’s factual findings are supported by the record and whether the legal conclusions drawn from those facts are correct.” Commonwealth v. -3- J-A23003-14 Thompson, 93 A.3d 478, 484 (Pa. Super. 2014) (citation omitted).