same elements test
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From 284 U.S. 299 - Blockburger v. United States · 1932Most cited · 19,602 citing opinions
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.