NEW YORK ( CNN ) -- An actor who played a wannabe mobster in `` The Sopranos '' was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary that left an off-duty New York police officer dead . Lillo Brancato Jr. appeared on `` The Sopranos '' and played alongside Robert De Niro in `` A Bronx Tale . '' The Bronx County District Attorneys Office had sought the maximum of 15 years for Lillo Brancato Jr. , who was convicted last month of attempted burglary stemming from a fatal encounter with police officer Daniel Enchautegui . Before the sentencing , Enchautegui 's sister addressed the court to deliver a victim impact statement . Enchautegui , 28 , was shot in the chest when he interrupted an alleged break-in at a neighbor 's home in the Bronx but managed to shoot both suspects multiple times before dying . Brancato was cleared in Enchautegui 's death , but his accomplice , Steven Armento , 51 , was convicted in the shooting and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole . During the trial , lawyers for Brancato argued that there was not a break-in . Brancato testified that he knew the owner of the home , a Vietnam veteran who had given him permission to enter the house and take painkillers or other pills whenever he wanted . Brancato testified that he and Armento , 51 , were drinking at a strip club when they decided to go hunt for valium . He admitted breaking a window at the home but said it was strictly because he was going through intense heroin withdrawal that night and was trying to wake up his friend to get drugs . Brancato appeared on six episodes of the hit HBO series `` The Sopranos '' in 2000 . As a teen , he starred alongside actor Robert De Niro in `` A Bronx Tale . ''
Prosecutors sought 15 years for Lillo Brancato , for attempted burglary . Last ##ly , Brancato was involved in actor 's death during alleged home invasion . Actor and homeowner allowed him to enter home to get help when injured . Brancato played a wannabe mobster on ` ` The Flash ''