United States v. Weingarten

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

At his trial in 2009, Defendant-appellant Israel Weingarten was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (John Glee-son, Judge) of two counts of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), and three counts of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b). On May 8, 2009, he was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. One of the § 2423(b) counts was subsequently vacated on appeal, and Weingarten…