Tupac murder suspect calls for release, calls confession 'entertainment'
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 60, was arrested for plotting to murder rapper Tupac Shakur, according to documents reviewed by KLAS. His lawyers have asked a judge to release him from jail pending trial. . Monday TV/Las Vegas.
In a new court filing, Davis was arrested at his Las Vegas home on Sept. 29 after a grand jury indicted him on murder charges with a deadly weapon. Davis' attorneys asked for their client's release. Your own recognizance or a surety bond not to exceed $100,000.
According to KLAS, there were several reasons for the request.The attorney explained that Davis' colon cancer was in remission, but his health was deteriorating due to his incarceration. They said he did not pose a threat to the community and was not a flight risk. They also claim their client's self-incriminating statements about his role in Shakur's murder, which he self-published in a book in 2019, were made for "entertainment purposes."
In Legends of Compton Street: The Notorious Keffe D's Streetside Account of the Tupac and Biggie Murders, Death Row Origins, Suge Knight, Puffy Combs, and Crooked Cops, Davis raps with Gunsling on the Corner The superstar assassins were in a car together at Flamingo Road and Koval Lane on September 7, 1996. Six days later, Shakur, 25, died of his injuries.
Davis did not name the attacker.
The case they gave me was a murder case
The state claims Davis masterminded the drive-by shooting. Davis has pleaded not guilty.
In new court filings, Davis' attorneys wrote that prosecutors presented the grand jury with a "staggering amount of hearsay" from witnesses of questionable credibility, in addition to what Davis wrote in the book. Additionally, they "did not provide any independent evidence linking Duane Davis to the shooting." book and said in interviews promoting the book.
"The book and video interview were produced for financial gain, assuming Duane's immunity," Davis' attorneys wrote, referring to a complaint the Los Angeles Police Department made to Davis during a 1997 investigation. proposal. Many believe Duane's death as rapper Notorious B.I.G. was in revenge for Shakur's murder.
Davis' attorney said he believed the immunity he received from the Los Angeles Police Department also gave him immunity in the Las Vegas case.
Prosecutors have previously said they would not seek the death penalty if Davis is found guilty. His next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 2.
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