FifthAmendment
What connection must exist between the defendant's travel and the unlawful sexual act or sexual activity to support the exercise of federal jurisdiction under these statutes?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Petitioner was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c), which criminalizes “cross[ing] a state line with intent to engage in a sexual act with a person who has not attained the age of 12 years,” and 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), which criminalizes “knowingly transport[ing] an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years in interstate or foreign commetce, or in any commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States, with intent that the individual engage in prostitution, or in any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense.” The two questions presented are: (1) What connection must exist between the defendant’s travel and the unlawful sexual act or sexual activity to support the exercise of federal jurisdiction under these statutes? (2) What do the Constitution and Rule 7 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure require the government to charge in an indictment when the statute defining the offense contains a generic phrase such as “any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense” that potentially encompasses a multitude of crimes? i INTERESTED PARTIES All parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. Mack Doak’s wife and co-defendant, Jaycee Doak, is an additional party to the proceeding.