Barrett v. United States · ¶34

But because we have treated Blockburger as “a rule of statutory construction to help determine legislative intent,” we have said that its presumption can yield to a “plainly expressed” intent to abandon it. Garrett v. United States, 471 U. S. 773, 778–779 (1985); see also Whalen, 445 U. S., at 692 (requiring “a clear indication of contrary legislative intent”). Accordingly, the second step of today's analysis requires us to search for a clear manifestation of Congress's intent to authorize more than one punishment.

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