The following excerpt is from Smith v. United States, 454 F.2d 1330 (9th Cir. 1972):
8. The claim of double jeopardy is conclusively meritless on its face and was properly dismissed. Walker v. Johnston, 312 U.S. 275, 61 S.Ct. 574, 85 L.Ed. 830 (1941); See United States v. Doyle, 348 F.2d 715, 720-721 (2d Cir. 1965).
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