Quoting Leonetti “Guys like Chickie didn’t get it he thought he could just prop himself up using is wealth to become the boss he didn’t understand that NY had to approve the bossâ€. Leonetti has mentioned many times that despite being a millionaire Chickie was obsessed really with power. I’m sure it didn’t help Leonetti’s perception of Chickie that he killed Phil Testa who he knew since he was a kid
Casella knew the rules. He was a old man the time Testa got whacked and had been in the life a very long time. How he got saved is shocking.
The only reason Casella got a pass was because somebody high up in the Genovese family spoke up for him and saved his life. I don’t know who it was but I think it went back to when he was in jail and he became close to this person in the Genovese family. Rocco Marinucci on the other hand was shit out of luck but he was only a associate of Casella’s anyway so he was dead
