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Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s attempt to bar the 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend and related police statements from being used at trial has been denied, keeping those statements admissible as prosecutors prepare for an August trial in Las Vegas over the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
Judge has ruled that a 2008 interview with Duane “Keffe D” Davis is admissible in the murder trial over Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing, set to begin Aug. 10. Davis is charged with murder and could face life in prison if convicted. The trial has drawn renewed attention to Davis’s memoir and related media.
The Las Vegas trial over Tupac Shakur’s 1996 fatal shooting is underway with Duane “Keffe D” Davis facing murder charges. Prosecutors argue Davis ordered the drive-by that killed Shakur and provided the gun, while Davis maintains his innocence; the case has long puzzled fans and analysts as new memoir details resurfaced.