Trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis set to begin Aug. 10 in Las Vegas
A Nevada judge ruled Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial, rejecting a defense argument that the conversation was supposed to remain confidential.
Judge Carli Kierny found that the interview is admissible in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ trial, which is scheduled to start Aug. 10. Davis, 63, is charged with murder in Shakur’s 1996 killing.
Defense attorney Michael Sanft argued that the 2008 interview Davis gave to law enforcement was supposed to be confidential, and that detectives explicitly told him the interview was not supposed to be used against him.
Shakur’s death is considered one of the most notorious unsolved murders in the United States. The Associated Press reported that the case went cold until Davis began making public statements about it, including in a book he co-wrote in which he said he was in the Cadillac and provided the weapon used to shoot Shakur.