LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for the person suspected of killing rap icon Tupac Shakur need 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 gives perception into Davis’ protection, noting {that a} non-public investigator has recognized witnesses who can testify that he was not on the scene of the 1996 taking pictures, nor was he in Las Vegas on the time.
The movement additionally means that another person might have orchestrated the taking pictures and that witnesses who might testify on the matter are being interviewed.
The protection crew stated 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, at the moment set to start in March.
“This case entails decades-old allegations, and with each new piece of proof, it turns into more and more clear that essential details have but to be totally examined,” stated lawyer 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 Information founder Marion “Suge” Knight. They had 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 responsible to first-degree homicide and has been jailed since his September 2023 arrest.
Lengthy recognized to investigators as considered 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 dwelling in California.
Prosecutors have stated any immunity settlement was restricted they usually have sturdy proof towards Davis, together with his personal accounts of the taking pictures within the tell-all memoir “Compton Avenue Legend.”
Davis has acknowledged in interviews and within the memoir that he offered the gun used within the drive-by taking pictures and that he was within the automotive. However his courtroom filings say his descriptions lately of orchestrating the drive-by taking pictures had been “performed for leisure functions and to generate profits.”
Protection attorneys additionally say they’ve witness data indicating that Shukur was in steady situation after the taking pictures and that he died out of the blue after being hospitalized for per week. They had been consulting medical and forensic specialists to guage potential various causes of dying.
