Case DIH-0896
Bernard Shelton
A St. Clair Shores physician convicted of a patient's overdose death caused by his unlawful prescribing; the court found he also contributed to two other patients' overdose deaths.
- Court
- Federal, Eastern District of Michigan
- State
- Michigan
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Oxycodone; hydrocodone
- Conduct
- Prescribing
- Relationship
- Prescriber / patient
- Conviction
- Unlawful distribution of prescription drugs (21 counts), including a patient's overdose death
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- 240 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Michigan’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Michigan in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govSt clair shores doctor sentenced 20 years prison causing patients drug overdose death
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