LAS VEGAS – Attorneys for the person suspected of killing rap icon Tupac Shakur wish to delay subsequent month’s trial, saying extra time is required for investigative work to make sure that Duane “Keffe D” Davis will get a good trial.
The movement filed Friday in a Nevada courtroom supplies perception into Davis’ protection, noting {that a} personal investigator has recognized witnesses who can testify that he was not on the scene of the 1996 capturing, nor was he in Las Vegas on the time.
The movement additionally means that another person could have orchestrated the capturing and that witnesses who might testify on the matter are being interviewed.
The protection workforce mentioned in an announcement that the brand new developments and the necessity to interview key witnesses necessitate a delay. A listening to was scheduled Tuesday to debate the timing of the trial, presently set to start in March.
“This case includes decades-old allegations, and with each new piece of proof, it turns into more and more clear that vital details have but to be totally examined,” mentioned legal professional Carl Arnold, who’s main Davis’ protection.
On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur was in a BMW being pushed by Loss of life Row Data founder Marion “Suge” Knight. They have been ready at a purple mild when a white Cadillac pulled up subsequent to them and gunfire erupted.
Davis, an ex-gang chief who’s accused of orchestrating Shakur’s killing close to the Las Vegas Strip, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and has been jailed since his September 2023 arrest.
Lengthy recognized to investigators as certainly one of 4 suspects recognized early within the investigation, he’s the one one to be charged.
Arnold has argued that Davis by no means ought to have been charged due to immunity agreements that Davis says he reached years in the past with federal and native prosecutors whereas residing in California.
Prosecutors have mentioned any immunity settlement was restricted and so they have sturdy proof towards Davis, together with his personal accounts of the capturing within the tell-all memoir “Compton Road Legend.”
Davis has acknowledged in interviews and within the memoir that he supplied the gun used within the drive-by capturing and that he was within the automotive. However his courtroom filings say his descriptions lately of orchestrating the drive-by capturing have been “achieved for leisure functions and to generate profits.”
Protection attorneys additionally say they’ve witness info indicating that Shakur was in secure situation after the capturing and that he died out of the blue after being hospitalized for every week. They have been consulting medical and forensic consultants to judge potential different causes of dying.
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