United States v. Lanza

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Double Jeopardy Clause did not bar federal prosecution following conviction in State court for the same conduct
• \[A]n act denounced as a crime by both national and state sovereignties is an offense against the peace and dignity of both and may be punished by each.\
• \dual sovereignty\ doctrine provides that \an act denounced as a crime by both national and state sovereignties is an offense against the peace and dignity of both and may be punished by each\
• \an act denounced as a crime by both national and state sovereignties is an offense against the peace and dignity of both and may be punished by each\
• \The defendants thus committed two different offenses by the same act....\

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