Bobby Simone fucked that case up big time. He had George plead guilty, then he got hit with the life without parole shit at sentencing. I think he was supposed to get 15 years. There was some shit between Simone and the Judge. Simone thought they had an agreement but something came out in the paper and the judge hammered George at sentencing. I forget the exact details on that.

Long John wanted to have Simone killed, the only thing that saved him was he was friends with Scarfo and Nicky told Long John to back off.

Feds wanted George to roll over on his old man and his crew. Also the feds are convinced George was one of the 2 shooters on the Steve Bouras hit. Frank Vadino being the other gunman. Georgie was going for his button that night.