The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Barton, 647 F.2d 224 (2nd Cir. 1981):
The established test for determining whether two offenses are sufficiently distinguishable to permit the imposition of cumulative punishment was stated in Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 304, 52 S.Ct. 180, 182, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932):
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