How have courts interpreted the "Blockburger test" in the context of sexual assault cases?

MultiRegion, United States of America

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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