Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis faces new cost
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The legal professional for the person accused of orchestrating the homicide of Tupac Shakur mentioned his shopper was “ambushed” contained in the jail.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, was charged Sunday with battery by a prisoner for an incident contained in the Clark County Detention Middle. Court docket paperwork give two dates for when it occurred — Dec. 23 and Jan. 24. Davis’ legal professional, Carl Arnold, mentioned Friday that the December date is appropriate.
A distinct view of the combat as supplied by legal professional Carl Arnold. (KLAS)
The assault occurred after Davis met along with his legal professional and a corrections officer escorted Davis again to his cell, Arnold mentioned.
“Despite clear video evidence showing Mr. Davis was the victim in this situation, he is being unfairly charged in a case riddled with serious procedural concerns,” Arnold mentioned Friday. “We will aggressively challenge these charges and demand full accountability for the security failures and the serious errors in the official record.”
A nonetheless picture from surveillance footage from the combat involving Duane “Keffe D” Davis. (LVMPD/KLAS)
The incident was not introduced up by Arnold nor prosecutors throughout a listening to in mid-January.
In court docket Tuesday, Las Vegas Justice Court docket Choose Concord Letizia affirmed Davis’ $50,000 and ordered him to return to court docket on Feb. 11.
Davis has remained in custody since his arrest in September 2023. He has publicly mentioned he was sitting within the entrance passenger seat of the automobile, which pulled up side-by-side with Shakur’s, earlier than the September 1996 taking pictures close to the Las Vegas Strip. Marion “Suge” Knight, the then-head of Loss of life Row Information, was driving the automobile with Shakur sitting within the passenger seat. Knight was injured within the taking pictures. Shakur died from his accidents a number of days later.
Davis’ trial was scheduled to start in March. The decide within the homicide case scheduled a Feb. 11 listening to to find out if that date would stick.
