Judge allows use of police interview in trial for man accused of killing Tupac Shakur
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial. Judge Carli Kierny found that the interview is admissible in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ trial, which is scheduled to start Aug. Davis, 63, is charged with murder in Shakur’s 1996 killing and faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
- ▪LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial.
- ▪Judge Carli Kierny found that the interview is admissible in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ trial, which is scheduled to start Aug.
- ▪Davis, 63, is charged with murder in Shakur’s 1996 killing and faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
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LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial. Judge Carli Kierny found that the interview is admissible in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ trial, which is scheduled to start Aug. 10. Davis, 63, is charged with murder in Shakur’s 1996 killing and faces life in prison without parole if convicted. Shakur’s death is considered one of the most notorious unsolved murders in the United States. The case went cold until Davis began making public statements about it, including in a book he co-wrote in which he said he was in the Cadillac and provided the weapon used to shoot Shakur.
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