Bowe v. State

Percy Bowe (Bowe), appeals the lower court’s final judgment of conviction and sentence following entry of a plea reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress.

City of Miami Police Officer Reginald Kin-chen testified that on July 17, 1996, he responded to a HUD housing project for single mothers and their children, in reference to individuals on the first and second floors who were not supposed to be there and were possibly selling narcotics. The police had received numerous complaints regarding young black males that had “taken over” the apartment complex and/or were…