Opinion ID: 2977803
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Heading: Double Jeopardy Challenges

Text: -5- No. 07-3554 United States v. Turpin Finally, Turpin raises two Fifth Amendment challenges for the first time on appeal. Because she did not raise double jeopardy before the district court, she forfeits these claims. United States v. Branham, 97 F.3d 835, 841–42 (6th Cir. 1996). Although plain error might save Turpin’s claims for our review, we find no error at all, much less plain error. See id. Applying the well-established Blockburger v. United States test, 284 U.S. 299 (1932), we find that the statutory offenses have different elements, and therefore pass muster. Id. at 304. (“[W]here 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 a fact which the other does not.”).