The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Bates, 917 F.2d 388 (9th Cir. 1991):
We have jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal from a denial of a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291. Abney v. United States, 431 U.S. 651, 97 S.Ct. 2034, 52 L.Ed.2d 651 (1977); United States v. Goland, 897 F.2d 405, 408 (9th Cir.1990).
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