The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sperling, 560 F.2d 1050 (2nd Cir. 1977):
Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 304, 52 S.Ct. 180, 182, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932); accord, Gavieres v. United States, 220 U.S. 338, 342, 31 S.Ct. 421, 55 L.Ed. 489 (1911). This so-called "Blockburger test" focuses on the statutorily required elements of the offenses,
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