What is the test for the Double Jeopardy clause in the Fifth Amendment?
The following excerpt is from Anaya v. Spearman, Case No. 1:15-cv-01285-AWI-MJS (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
The Double Jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall "be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." "The applicable rule is that where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one, is whether each provision requires proof of an additional fact which the other does not." Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 304 (1932):
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