PHILADELPHIA - June 11, 2009 - Jury selection was under way in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
Wednesday for the trial of 25-year-old Noel "Pablo" Garcia when
Garcia pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and related charges.
Five-year-old Casha'e Rivers was shot to death during a drug
feud in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section on Sept. 24,
2006.
A passenger in Garcia's car testified at Garcia's preliminary
hearing that Garcia fired at the car carrying Casha'e and four
others in retaliation for an earlier shooting.
As part of the plea agreement, Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes
sentenced Garcia to 22 to 45 years in prison.
Follow Action News on Twitter
Get Action News on your website
Follow Action News on Facebook
Click here to get the latest Philadelphia news and headlines from across the Delaware and Lehigh valleys.
Copyright © 2024 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.
