The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Harless, 859 F.2d 155 (9th Cir. 1988):
The double jeopardy clause protects against multiple punishments for the same offense. United States v. Gonzalez, 800 F.2d 895, 897 (9th Cir.1986). The district court corrected any double jeopardy violation by vacating the conviction and sentence under count nine and allowing the parallel conviction and sentence under count four to stand. The court's order prevented multiple punishments for the same offense.
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