Overview
- Jury selection for Duane “Keefe D” Davis is scheduled to begin Monday, August 10, and he remains jailed on a 2023 murder charge to which he has pleaded not guilty.
- Judge Carli Kierny indicated she may allow Davis to post bail before or during the trial and said releasing him would not change how evidence is handled in court.
- Prosecutors plan to rely heavily on Davis’s 2019 memoir and past interviews as central evidence while the defense argues a 2008 LAPD immunity agreement should bar later statements.
- The prosecution is advancing a theory that Davis acted as the organizer or “shot-caller” and could be convicted as a principal under Nevada law, which carries a possible life sentence; investigators never recovered the Cadillac or the gun so witness testimony will be key.
- The trial will feature high-profile witnesses on the prosecution’s list, including Suge Knight, and could settle long-running questions about Tupac’s 1996 killing while raising questions about how courts treat public statements, immunity claims, and organizer liability.