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Judge allows use of police interview in trial for man accused of killing Tupac Shakur
Judge Carli Kierny said the recording is admissible as prosecutors prepare for a trial expected to last about four weeks.
- On Tuesday, Judge Carli Kierny ruled that a 2008 police interview with defendant Duane "Keffe D" Davis is admissible in his upcoming murder trial for the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur.
- Davis faces murder charges for Shakur's 1996 death in Las Vegas, where a white Cadillac pulled up beside Shakur and Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight, sparking gunfire near the Las Vegas Strip.
- Defense attorney Michael Sanft argued detectives explicitly promised confidentiality, while prosecutors contended there was no basis to exclude the evidence from the trial, expected to take about four weeks.
- Portions of the recording previously appeared in former Los Angeles Police Department Detective Greg Kading's book "Murder Rap: The Untold Story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur Murder Investigations" and the documentary "The Reckoning."
- The trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 10 for a case involving Shakur, who died six days after being shot, marking one of the most notorious unsolved murders in the United States.
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Judge clears use of police interview in trial for man accused of murdering Tupac Shakur
A judge ruled that a 2008 interview with Duane “Keffe D" Davis can be used in his upcoming trial in August. Davis is charged with murder in rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing.
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Jurors in Duane “Keefe D” Davis’ murder trial will be allowed to hear him describe the night Tupac Shakur was fatally shot, following a key ruling from a Nevada judge. Judge Carli Kierny ruled Tuesday that Davis’ 2008 interview with police can be introduced at his trial, set to begin Aug. 10. Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty and faces life in prison without parole if convicted of orchestrating Shakur’s killing. Defense attorney Michael Sanft tr…
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