LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A decide sentenced the person accused of orchestrating the homicide of Tupac Shakur to greater than three years in jail for an unrelated jail battle.
On Tuesday, Clark County District Court docket Decide Nadia Krall sentenced Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 62, to 16-40 months in jail. Davis is already in jail awaiting a February homicide trial. He was arrested in September 2023.
“I was attacked,” Davis stated. “It was wrong. I know not to fight in the jail. The guy attacked me.”
On April 9, a Clark County jury discovered Davis responsible of combating with one other inmate in December on the Clark County Detention Middle. It took the jury 90 minutes to succeed in its verdict.
Davis, who a grand jury indicted in 2023 on a homicide cost for Shakur’s loss of life, has publicly stated he was sitting within the entrance passenger seat of the automotive concerned within the 1996 homicide close to the Las Vegas Strip. He has remained within the Clark County Detention Middle since his arrest on Sept. 29, 2023.
Video of the battle confirmed Davis and one other jail inmate rolling on the bottom in a jail day room for about 30 seconds earlier than officers separated them.
Nevada statute known as for a attainable jail sentence of 1-20 years, plus a further yr in jail.
The sentence means Davis will seemingly now not await his homicide trial within the constructing subsequent to the courthouse that may host these proceedings.
Tuesday’s sentencing was rescheduled twice beforehand. The trial for Shakur’s homicide was scheduled to start subsequent February.
