Duane “Keefe D” Davis’ legal team has filed a motion to dismiss all charges relating to his role in the murder of Tupac Shakur. According to Billboard, defense attorney Carl Arnold argued that the prosecution does not have any evidence, and is relying on old statements that should not be allowed in court. Arnold had previously filed to dismiss the charges in January.
“This prosecution has captured worldwide attention,” detailed the motion. “The global public is watching how Nevada upholds due process, fairness, and the rule of law in one of the most closely scrutinized criminal proceedings in recent memory.”
It continued, “The State has offered nothing to corroborate the trustworthiness of Mr. Davis’s alleged statements, and nothing independently connecting him to the murder itself.”
According to ABC News, in the past, Davis has confessed to providing the gun used in the 1996 drive-by shooting and to being in the car. The admission came in various interviews and in his 2019 tell-all memoir, Compton Street Legend. Earlier this year, however, he claimed he did not write the tell-all.
“I’ve never read the book,” he explained. “I just gave him details of my life,” Davis continued to detail about the author Yusuf Jah. “And he went and did his little investigation and wrote the book on his own.”
Additionally, Davis claimed that his past cooperation during interviews in 1998 and 1999 by federal prosecutors was under conditions of immunity per ABC. The court argued that he had no proof of the terms of any alleged deal.
“Mr. Davis cooperated with law enforcement over the course of more than a decade, relying on repeated assurances that his statements would not be used against him — yet those very statements now form the core of the State’s case,” Arnold said in a statement.