QUESTION $13$

Benny the 'Blade', a local drug dealer has been prosecuted and sentenced for selling narcotics in the Bronx. A second prosecution for the same charge is pending in federal court because he also sold drugs at the local post office on East $149$th$,$ the same day he was arrested for the first charge. What will the court hold regarding the second charge?

a$.$ The Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits the second offense because the offenses are part of the same sovereign

b$.$ New York and the federal government can prosecute Blade because they are separate sovereigns and thus Double Jeopardy does not apply

c$.$ No one can be charged for the same crime twice under the Double Jeopardy Clause

d$.$ Blade can only be prosecuted by New York State