United States v. Scarpa

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from an order and second amended judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Edward R. Kor-man, Judge, reducing by 120 months the 482-month term of imprisonment imposed on defendant Gregory Scarpa Jr. (“Scar-pa”) in an amended judgment in 1999 following his conviction of racketeering and other offenses. The district court ordered the reduction pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(b) on the basis that Scarpa in 2005 provided substantial assistance to the government, leading to the discovery of a cache of…