BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
This sentencing guidelines appeal comes to us after remand. The Government appeals the district court's application of the "safety valve" statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), which allows a court to impose a sentence below the statutory minimum sentence if the court finds that the defendant has met certain enumerated requirements. Concluding that the district court erroneously placed the burden on the Government in regard to the fifth requirement...
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