The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Dreding, 547 F.2d 471 (9th Cir. 1976):
3 We note also that the indictment is sufficient to enable the defendant to plead an acquittal or conviction in bar of future prosecutions for the same offense. Hamling v. United States, 418 U.S. 87, 94 S.Ct. 2887, 41 L.Ed.2d 590 (1974); United States v. Debrow, 346 U.S. 374, 74 S.Ct. 113, 98 L.Ed. 92 (1953).
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