Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Ex-Friend Will Take Stand in Gotti Trial

Salvatore (Sammy the Bull) Gravano will testify for the prosecution in the federal trial of his former close friend, John Gotti, reputed boss of the most powerful crime family. Prosecutors said that Gravano, arrested with Gotti in 1990, agreed after 10 months in jail to betray him. Gotti is charged with directing the 1985 killings of Paul Castellano and his bodyguard so he could replace Castellano. The men were shot outside a steakhouse in Manhattan, and Gravano is expected to say he and Gotti watched from a parked car.