LAS VEGAS — A jury has found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty in connection with the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, bringing the trial phase of the decades-old case to a close.
A Court TV courtroom graphic supplied to AUXIO reported that the jury reached its verdict after deliberating for less than three hours.
Davis was prosecuted in Clark County, Nevada, in the case arising from the fatal shooting of Shakur in Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago.
The verdict represents a conviction, rather than an allegation or pending charge. Any sentencing decision, post-trial motions or appeal will be separate stages of the case and should be reported as those developments become part of the official court record.
The Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County maintains the official records for felony criminal cases. The court says its Clerk of the Court maintains the official case files and that trial and hearing minutes are added to the court’s online records as they become available.
The court also warns that portions of its online case information can lag behind courtroom activity. Court minutes are entered after proceedings, while some filing information can take additional time to appear. The Clerk’s Office remains the controlling source for verification of the official case record.
Shakur’s killing has remained one of the most closely followed cases in music and hip-hop history. The rapper was 25 when he died following a shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996.
Davis’ prosecution brought the case back into a courtroom decades later, generating renewed attention around the circumstances of Shakur’s death and the investigation that followed.
With the jury now returning a guilty verdict, attention turns to the next stage of the criminal case.