Supreme Court to Consider Alleged Mobster’s Gun Crime Conviction Appeal

The Justice Department agreed that the law was unclear and asked the court to hear the case.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on April 25, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

The Supreme Court agreed on June 3 to hear an appeal from Salvatore “Fat Sal” Delligatti, an alleged Genovese crime family associate who is challenging a gun crime conviction that added five years to his prison sentence.

Two years ago, the court made it more difficult for prosecutors to pursue enhanced prison sentences for a “crime of violence.”