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Lawyers representing Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man charged with the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur, are seeking to suppress key evidence. They claimed the material was obtained through “illegal nighttime raids”.
Las Vegas criminal defense attorneys Robert Drakovich and William Brown filed the motion this week on behalf of their clients. Mr. Davis was charged in connection with a drive-by shooting involving the legendary rapper near the Las Vegas Strip.
davisLawyers argued that the judge relied on a “misleading characterization” of Davis as a dangerous drug dealer to approve the search warrant at night, which could only be executed in special circumstances, such as if police waited until morning and evidence risked disappearing.
In fact, Davis is a former gang leader Southern CaliforniaHis lawyer said he left the drug industry in 2008 and began doing inspection work for refineries. He is a 60-year-old retired cancer survivor with adult children and grandchildren who lives with his wife Hendersonhad worked for a city outside Las Vegas for nine years when the warrant was executed.
“The court was not informed of any of this,” his attorneys wrote in the motion. “As a result, the court authorized a nighttime search based on a portrait of Davis that bore little resemblance to reality — in other words, a manifestly incorrect factual determination.”
this Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department The company, which conducted a search and collected Davis’ electronic devices, “alleged marijuana” and a barrel of photos, declined to comment Friday, citing the pending litigation. Police said executing a search warrant under the cover of darkness would have allowed officers to surround and secure the residence while searching, and if Davis had barricaded himself, the darkness would have allowed officers to evacuate surrounding homes with minimal contact with residents.
Davis was arrested in September 2023. He pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and sought release shortly after his arrest.
His attorney claims Davis’ arrest stemmed from false public statements Davis made in which he claimed he was present wearing white clothing Cadillac Shakur was shot from it. They said he never provided details that would confirm he was in the car and that he benefited greatly from saying he was there. He evaded drug charges by telling the story in a bid agreement and made money by repeating the story in a documentary and a 2019 book, according to his attorneys.
“Think of it this way: Shakur’s murder was essentially a murder in the entertainment industry JFK Airport assassination — endlessly dissected, mythologised, monetized — so it’s not hard to understand why someone like Davis might wrongly place himself at the center of it all for personal gain,” his attorneys wrote.