UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Felix BOOKER, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: October 9, 2012.
Decided and Filed: August 26, 2013.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Robert L. Jolley, Jr. , Jolley & Eldridge, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Debra A. Breneman , United States Attorney's Office, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert L. Jolley, Jr. , Jolley & Eldridge, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Alexandra Hui , United States Attorney's Office, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.
ROGERS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GILMAN, J., joined. GIBBONS, J. (pp. 20-25), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Felix Booker was convicted of possession of a five-ounce rock of crack cocaine, which he had hidden in his rectum. Police officers, reasonably suspecting that Booker had contraband hidden in his rectum, took Booker to an emergency-room doctor. The doctor, using a procedure that Booker did not consent to, intubated Booker for about an hour, rendered him unconscious for twenty to thirty...
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