Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has asserted his innocence following his conviction for orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur. Davis was found guilty earlier this week of one count of murder with a deadly weapon in a drive-by attack that occurred in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996.
Speaking from the Clark County Detention Center in Nevada, Davis told The Hollywood Reporter that his legal team has already filed an appeal. He claimed that his civil rights were violated and accused witnesses, including police and prosecutors, of dishonesty during the trial.
Davis also stated he did not write the 2019 autobiography 'Compton Street Legend', which prosecutors used against him in court. He alleged that the author asked him for ten stories and pictures, and that he never read or reviewed the book.
Prosecutors argued during the trial that Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips street gang, ordered the shooting and supplied the gun, even though he did not fire it. They contended the attack was retaliation for Shakur and his entourage beating Davis's nephew, Orlando Anderson, hours earlier.
The court heard recordings where Davis reportedly acknowledged being inside the white Cadillac from which the shots were fired. He previously discussed his role in Shakur's death during a 2008 police interview and in his memoir.