A Nevada judge has ruled that a 2008 police interview with Duane "Keffe D" Davis can be used as evidence in his upcoming trial for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
The decision was made on July 28, 2026, by Judge Carli Kierny, who rejected the defense's motion to block the recording.
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Davis, 63, faces life in prison without parole if convicted for orchestrating the fatal shooting of Shakur in Las Vegas.
The case, long considered one of the most notorious unsolved murders in the U. S.
, resurfaced after Davis publicly spoke about the crime, including in a memoir where he admitted to being present and supplying the weapon.
Defense attorney Michael Sanft argued that the 2008 interview was confidential and recorded without Davis' knowledge, with detectives allegedly promising it would not be used against him.
"I sang because they promised I would not be prosecuted," Davis wrote in his book "Compton Street Legend," as reported by NPR.
Sanft also claimed the statements in Davis' memoir were fictionalized for profit and publicity, insisting the charges should be dismissed.
"If they really done their job, he would not have been charged," Sanft told The U. S.
Sun, demanding an apology from prosecutors.
Prosecutors countered there was no legal basis to exclude the interview since Davis had publicly embraced and discussed the statements, including in media and his memoir.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Mark DiGiacomo said, "There is zero legal basis to ever exclude the 2008 recording and that the basis of their motion is- the recording itself not what he said," according to fox5vegas.
