Duane “Keefe D” Davis’ authorized group is making an attempt to have all prices associated to the deadly capturing of Tupac Shakur thrown out.
On Monday (January 6), Carl E.G. Arnold filed a movement to dismiss, arguing that the practically 30-year delay in prosecution violated Keefe D’s constitutional rights, per ABC Information. Arnold claims the “unjustified” hold-up has led to the “dimming of reminiscences, the dying or disappearance of witnesses, and the loss or destruction of fabric bodily proof.”
He argues authorities are counting on the “identical set of information” that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division possessed “way back to 2009.”
Arnold alleges Keefe D’s case has been “irreversibly” compromised, and his rights violated.
Moreover, the movement notes prosecutors lack corroborating proof aside from Keefe D’s personal statements. Arnold argues, “Too many witnesses have died” or are incarcerated.
Moreover, Arnold highlights an alleged “proffer settlement,” between Davis and a joint federal-Los Angeles job pressure in 2008, promising immunity for data concerning the capturing of Tupac Shakur.
“The State of Nevada was in possession in 2009 of the information that led to [Davis’] arrest in 2023,” Arnold acknowledged. “Particularly, his alleged assertion that he was within the white Cadillac and handed the gun to the again seat passengers, which was utilized to shoot Tupac Shakur.”
The lawyer stated prosecutors “should now honor the preliminary proffer settlement of 2008 and the LVMPD’s promise to not prosecute Mr. Davis.”
Authorities arrested Keefe D in September 2023 for his suspected involvement in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 homicide. The ex-gang chief had beforehand incriminated himself by statements made in interviews and his memoir. He stays detained, together with his trial set to start on March 17.
The courtroom will talk about Keefe D’s movement to dismiss at a listening to on January 21.
