Suspect in Tupac Shakur killing seeks to delay trial as protection identifies new witnesses

The movement filed Friday in a Nevada court docket offers perception into Davis’ protection, noting {that a} non-public investigator has recognized witnesses who can testify that he was not on the scene of the 1996 taking pictures, nor was he in Las Vegas on the time.

The movement additionally means that another person could have orchestrated the taking pictures and that witnesses who might testify on the matter are being interviewed.

The protection crew stated in a press release that the brand new developments and the necessity to interview key witnesses necessitate a delay. A listening to was scheduled Tuesday to debate the timing of the trial, at present set to start in March.

“This case includes decades-old allegations, and with each new piece of proof, it turns into more and more clear that important information have but to be absolutely examined,” stated lawyer Carl Arnold, who’s main Davis’ protection.

On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur was in a BMW being pushed by Demise Row Information founder Marion “Suge” Knight. They had been ready at a crimson gentle when a white Cadillac pulled up subsequent to them and gunfire erupted.

Davis, an ex-gang chief who’s accused of orchestrating Shakur’s killing close to the Las Vegas Strip, has pleaded not responsible to first-degree homicide and has been jailed since his September 2023 arrest.

Lengthy identified to investigators as one in every of 4 suspects recognized early within the investigation, he’s the one one to be charged.

Arnold has argued that Davis by no means ought to have been charged due to immunity agreements that Davis says he reached years in the past with federal and native prosecutors whereas residing in California.

Prosecutors have stated any immunity settlement was restricted they usually have robust proof towards Davis, together with his personal accounts of the taking pictures within the tell-all memoir “Compton Avenue Legend.”

Davis has acknowledged in interviews and within the memoir that he supplied the gun used within the drive-by taking pictures and that he was within the automotive. However his court docket filings say his descriptions lately of orchestrating the drive-by taking pictures had been “executed for leisure functions and to make cash.”

Protection attorneys additionally say they’ve witness info indicating that Shukur was in steady situation after the taking pictures and that he died immediately after being hospitalized for every week. They had been consulting medical and forensic consultants to guage potential different causes of loss of life.

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