U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Duane Berry
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.
- Judge Eric L. Clay
- Judge John Kenneth Bush
Case history
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Dec. 19, 2018decided Decision issued in United States v. Duane Berry
Opinions and writings
JOHN K. BUSH, Circuit Judge. *357 When the government seeks to involuntarily medicate a mentally incompetent defendant to restore his competency for trial, the government's prosecutorial interest must be balanced against the defendant's "significant ... liberty interest [under the Constituti…