A typical bail hearing became heated Tuesday as Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man charged in the murder of Tupac Shakur, verbally lashed out at prosecutors and investigators in the Las Vegas courtroom.
The latest court date was a continuation of the June 26 bail hearing where a judge rejected a $112,500 down payment to secure Davis’ $750,000 bond, noting that the payment — allegedly from music executive Cash “Wack 100” Jones — was tied to an exclusive interview with Davis.
At Tuesday’s hearing, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny reiterated those concerns, noting that if the bond payment was a “gift” that came from some third-party entertainment company and not a familial connection, Davis would have little incentive to comply with orders and appear at trial.
Prosecutors, who would prefer if Davis remained behind bars until trial, argued that under Nevada law, criminals are unable to profit off their crimes, which is essentially what Davis would be doing by sitting for an exclusive interview in exchange for the bail money. However, Davis’ lawyer Carl Arnold argued that since Davis has not been convicted of any crime yet, that law does not apply.
Ultimately, Judge Kierny pushed the bail decision for another week, during which time Davis’ team must provide further documentation of the source of the $112,500 payment, the Associated Press reports.
Tempers then flared during the proceedings as Davis made several outbursts at the conclusion of the hearing, including yelling at the two prosecutors for “trashing my family in this.” “They not only ugly on the outside but they ugly on the inside too,” Davis said. “These two dudes right here.”
Davis then took issue with boxes of records, obtained from retired LAPD investigator Greg Kading — who spent years investigating the killings of both Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. — that prosecutors and police were reviewing for potential evidence against Davis.
“Those boxes should not be allowed in the case,” Davis argued. “Mr. Greg Kading had those boxes at his house for 15 years in his attic doing all kind of TV interviews. He broke a proper agreement, and he broke the law, all kinds of stuff.”
Davis also accused Kading of tampering with the evidence, to which the judge responded that there was no proof of that claim, nor had Davis’ own lawyer filed a motion claiming the evidence was tampered with, Fox 5 Vegas reported.
Speaking to the Associated Press after the hearing, Kading said, “I don’t lose sleep over the fact that a confessed murderer is at odds with me for sharing information about his involvement in a murder. None of what he said reveals new information. It’s well known. It was based on investigative resources from when I was at the LAPD.”
While the bail debate continues, the judge scheduled an August 20 trial readiness hearing; Davis’ trial for murder with the use of a deadly weapon in the 1996 death of Shakur will scheduled to begin in November.
From Rolling Stone US
