Keffe D Appeals 1996 Tupac Murder Conviction as Jury Deliberated Less Than 3 Hours
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Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 5
Keffe D Appeals 1996 Tupac Murder Conviction as Jury Deliberated Less Than 3 Hours
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 5
Summary
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, said he is "not worried" after his Aug. 31 conviction in Tupac Shakur's murder and expects to win release on appeal.
Less than three hours of jury deliberation ended with a guilty verdict on first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon; Davis now faces life in prison, with sentencing set for Oct. 13.
Davis said his legal team filed an appeal before trial, accused police, prosecutors and witnesses of lying, and argued his 2019 memoir was wrongly used because he did not write it.
Prosecutors told the two-week trial Davis supplied the gun and directed South Side Compton Crips members to kill Shakur in a revenge attack; the defense said the book and 2008-09 interviews were incomplete evidence.
Shakur was shot in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996 and died six days later at 25; Davis is the only person ever charged in the case.