Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, the sole suspect charged in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, saw his attempt to have the charges dismissed fail. Judge Carli Kierny ruled that Davis had not provided sufficient evidence to support claims of immunity deals.
Duane 'Keffe D' Davis , the lone suspect ever charged in the 1996 killing of rap legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas , suffered a setback in his bid to have the murder charges against him dismissed. Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny ruled on Tuesday that Davis had presented no evidence to support claims of immunity deals, stating that 'the state of Nevada has never offered' such an agreement.
Davis and his attorney argued that he should never have been indicted for murder due to immunity agreements he alleges he reached years ago with both federal and local authorities. Attorney Carl Arnold characterized the indictment against his 61-year-old client as a 'egregious' violation of his constitutional rights, citing a 27-year delay in prosecution. Following the hearing, Arnold indicated that they would decide in the coming days whether to appeal the judge's decision to the state Supreme Court.Prosecutors countered that Davis had failed to provide any proof that he was granted immunity by authorities who interviewed him in 1998 and the early 2000s while residing in California. They maintain that the evidence against Davis is substantial, including his own accounts of the 1996 shooting detailed in his 2019 tell-all memoir. Davis, a former gang leader, is accused of masterminding the shooting that occurred near the Las Vegas Strip, resulting in Shakur's death shortly after a casino altercation involving Shakur and Davis' nephew, Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson. Davis' trial in Las Vegas is currently scheduled for March 17, and he has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.Originally from Compton, California, Davis was apprehended in September 2023 in his Las Vegas neighborhood. In interviews and his 2019 memoir, which chronicled his life as a leader of a Crips gang faction in Compton, Davis claimed to have obtained a .40-caliber handgun and given it to Anderson in the backseat of a car. From this vehicle, he and authorities allege, shots were fired at Shakur's car. Shakur succumbed to his injuries a week later at the age of 25. Anderson, who had denied involvement in Shakur's killing, was fatally shot in Compton in 1998. Two other men who were in the car with Anderson and Davis are also deceased
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