United States v. Reingold

REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:

Corey Reingold pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Wein-stein, Judge) to one count of distributing child pornography. See 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). The United States now appeals from that part of the June 21, 2011 judgment of conviction as sentenced Rein-gold to 30 months’ incarceration. The government contends that the district court erred in refusing to impose the minimum five-year prison term mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)(1) on the ground that applying such a punishment to this immature 19-year-old…