Today is day eight of the trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996.
The trial is expected to continue at 1 p.m. on Wednesday after it was pushed back from a 9 a.m. start. It’s unclear who exactly will testify or what the order of witnesses will be.
On Tuesday, the trial continued with a witness who did not want to be in court, but he did reveal the words he said Tupac Shakur told him moments after he was shot in Las Vegas 30 years ago.
Malcolm Greenidge, also known as “E.D.I. Mean,” testified about his close relationship with Shakur and recalled the night of September 7, 1996, saying he was in a car behind Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur as they were headed to Club 662 during the drive-by shooting.
Greenidge said he was horrified, and when the BMW came to a stop in an intersection. He then recalled in court what came next when he went to check on Shakur.
Robert Ladd, a former Compton Police Department gang detective, insisted that the department’s dissolution was not due to police corruption. He claimed Davis was a high rank in the Southside Cripts and that if he was in the vehicle used in the drive-by shooting, he would be the shot caller.
Prosecutors also presented evidence about documents found in search warrants, including a “money due bill” for the Monte Carlo resort, but the date is not clear.
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Judge tells Davis he has the right to testify. Davis says he understands. Prosecutor: They checked 2015 conviction. Only conviction they can bring up is the battery by a prisoner (most recent). Davis: Is that why they sent him to attack me? Sanft: They will probably close Monday.
Defense attorney Michael Sanft: We have witnesses lined up who cannot make it here today. Wants to start the case tomorrow with a detective and two police officers. Judge: We are way ahead of schedule. Recess until tomorrow.
More calls: “I have blood on my money.” 7/5/24: complaining about someone jumping on a little kid in the hallway of casino and he’s a POS. No cross-examination.
Prosecutor: STATE WOULD REST.
Now playing clip of Davis in courtroom. Prosecutor says he appears to mouth words to Reggie Wright, Jr. Prosecutor playing jail call. “They’re trying to use my words against me. I didn’t write that thing. Greg Kading…” “I was paid to say those words…” “Yeah, I wrote that book.”
Another clip: Duane Davis: I beat the federal govt, cancer & the streets. Another clip from The Art of Dialogue. Davis talking about them jumping on his nephew. Says Orlando was a kid and they were “grown ass men…Shit was wrong….”
DAY EIGHT of TUPAC SHAKUR MURDER TRIAL: WITNESS: Adam Stoehr, electronic discovery specialist at Clark County DA’s office. Prosecutor playing video from Duane Davis interview with VLADTV. He is holding up his book, ‘Compton Street Legend.’ S: 8 NEWS VEGAS
