CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
The Sentencing Guidelines afford defendants a downward departure for voluntarily disclosing their offense prior to its discovery. U.S.S.G. § 5K2.16. The Guidelines state in plain language that such a downward departure is only warranted where the offense was unlikely to have been discovered absent the defendant's disclosure. The district court in this case granted a downward departure but made inadequate findings regarding the likelihood...
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