Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur, wants the evidence from new allegations to be tossed.
Lawyers for Davis are requesting that the judge discard evidence against him seized in an unnecessary, nighttime search of his Henderson home, according to recent court filings.
On Dec 22, criminal defense attorney Robert Draskovich of Las Vegas filed a 24-page motion to suppress evidence against his client, Davis.
Draskovich insists that police violated his client’s rights when they raided the 62-year-old’s house in July 2023.
“When officers obtain nighttime authorization through bad faith, courts agree suppression is appropriate. Bad faith is evident from the face of the affidavit supporting the search warrant,” the motion read, indicating that the judge should — at the very least — hold a hearing on the matter.
The defense claims Davis was painted as a “dangerous drug dealer—when in fact his drug convictions were [25] years old.”
The motion included an additional 186-page appendix of supporting documents, including a list of items seized during the search. Those items included several laptops, tablets, a USB drive, “purported marijuana,” a copy of an issue of Vibe Magazine about Shakur, and Compton Street Legend, a book written by Davis in 2019.
Davis is accused of orchestrating the shooting death of Shakur. He had previously claimed he was in the car with the person who shot Shakur and record executive Suge Knight near the Las Vegas Strip in September 1996.
In his 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend, he wrote detailed accounts of the September 7, 1996, shooting that killed the rap icon. “I know the real f###### story,” he wrote in the book, describing what happened the night Tupac got shot in Las Vegas.
Davis hired Draskovich in August. Davis is awaiting a decision from the Nevada Supreme Court on whether to dismiss his case, claiming he has immunity.
Davis, 62, is currently serving 16-40 months at High Desert State Prison for a jailhouse fight last spring in Clark County Detention Center, where he was awaiting trial. a jury found him guilty last spring for fighting with another inmate inside the Clark County Detention Center.
His trial is scheduled for August 2026.