A Las Vegas judge has decided not to dismiss the murder case against Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the slaying of Tupac “2Pac” Shakur. Keffe D has been behind bars since being charged in September 2024 with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal gang.
As reported by local outlet Las Vegas Review-Journal, Duane “Keffe D” David, 61, sought to have the case dismissed after his attorney filed a motion earlier this month stating that prosecutors delayed their proceedings and violated an agreement of immunity from prosecution. In return, prosecutors entered their file which stated Davis doesn’t have any quantifiable proof that he should be immune from prosecution.
District Judge Carli Kierny heard arguments from both sides and went with the prosecution’s suggestion that the state “never gave [Keffe D] immunity,” which prompted Davis’ attorney Carl Arnold to say he’ll mull over the decision to file for an appeal in Nevada’s highest court.
“You’re not just going to dismiss the biggest case in the U.S. right off the bat,” Arnold said in a statement. “But you have to put these issues out for an appellate court.”
In 1996, 2Pac was gunned down in a drive-by shooting that also injured Death Row Records honcho Marion “Suge Knight. Prosecutors have stated that the incident was allegedly inspired by tensions between the South Side Crips, who counted Davis as a member according to reports, and the Mob Piru gang, a spinoff Bloods gang and rivals to the Crips. The shooting was said to largely be connected to a fight at the MGM Grand between Knight, Shakur, and Orlando Anderson, a nephew of Davis’
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Judge Elects Not To Dismiss Keffe D Tupac “2Pac” Shakur Murder Case was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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