Former gang leader Duane “Keefe D” Davis charged in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur is asking to be released from jail while he awaits trial.
In a 33-page motion filed in court, Davis’s lawyers argue the evidence used to charge their client is little more than an “astounding amount of hearsay and speculative testimony” presented to the grand jury that indicted him in late September.
The suspect’s lawyers wrote that the health of their 60-year-old client had deteriorated in jail and that he was not receiving proper medical attention following a bout with colon cancer that they said was in remission.
“His diet and lack of exercise in the jail, given his age and medical history, is negatively impacting his health,” the lawyers said in the bail motion filed in court.
His lawyers told the judge that Davis posed no danger to the community and would not flee to avoid prosecution.
They noted that Davis did not leave town in the more than two months between the police raid and his indictment. He is scheduled for trial in June 2024.
The court set January 2, 2024, for the hearing of Davis’ bid to be released on no more than $100,000 bail.
Davis was arrested 29 September outside a Las Vegas-area home where police served a search warrant 17 July.
A grand jury was held in September and decided there was enough evidence to charge Davis with Tupac Shakur’s murder.
The jury heard details about the fateful night on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada when Tupac was shot dead.
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