Legal Opinion
United States v. Felix Booker
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2013No. 11-6311PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J., joined by Gilman, J.,
GIBBONS, J. (pp. 548-52), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Felix Booker was convicted of possession of a five-ounce rock of crack cocaine, *537which 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 minutes, and paralyzed him for seven to eight minutes. Using a finger, the doctor found and removed the crack…
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