United States v. Jhon Jairo Valencia Saac

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• holding that an unconditional guilty plea does not bar a defendant from challenging the constitutionality of the statute of conviction
• recognizing that a guilty plea establishes factual guilt and serves as an admission of all elements of the criminal charge
• holding that the constitutionality of a statute is a jurisdictional issue and ap- plying de novo review
• addressing an “argument that Congress lacked the authority to enact” a statute under the High Seas Clause and holding “[t]he constitutionality of . . . the statute under which defendants were convicted[] is a jurisdictional issue”
• “[B]ecause the MDLEA criminalizes conduct that is condemned universally, the statute’s extraterritorial reach [is] permissible.”
• “The constitutionality of the [Act], the statute under which defendants were convicted, is a jurisdic- tional issue . . . .”

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