The following excerpt is from Vladovic v. Washington State Penitentiary, 865 F.2d 266 (9th Cir. 1988):
The constitutional protection against double jeopardy prohibits, inter alia, imposing multiple punishments for a single offense. Whalen v. United States, 445 U.S. 684, 688 (1980); North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 717 (1969).
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