United States v. Christopher Patrick Campbell

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• rejecting an argument that Con- gress exceeded its authority under the Felonies Clause when it en- acted the MDLEA because the appellant’s drug trafficking offense lacked any nexus to the United States
• “We have always upheld extraterritorial convictions under our drug trafficking laws as an exercise of power under the Felonies Clause.” (alteration adopted and internal quotation omitted)
• “The Confrontation Clause does not bar the admission of hearsay to make a pretrial determination of jurisdiction when that hearsay does not pertain to an element of the offense.”
• “[W]e have always upheld extraterritorial convictions under our drug trafficking laws as an exercise of power under the Felonies Clause.” (alteration in original) (quoting United States v. Bellaizac-Hurtado, 700 F.3d 1245, 1257 (11th Cir. 2012)
• stating the same proposition and collecting cases in support
• “[T]he Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment does not prohibit the trial and conviction of an alien captured on the high seas while drug trafficking, because the [MDLEA] provides clear notice that all nations prohibit and condemn drug trafficking aboard stateless vessels on the high seas.”

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