Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Pushed Back To November

Davis has been imprisoned since being arrested in September and can be released on $750,000 bail.

The trial for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of taking part in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, has been pushed back to later this year.

Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny has agreed to push the trial date from the initial June 3 date to Nov. 4 after Davis acquired a new attorney, Carl Arnold. Since he is new to the case and prosecutors are still providing evidentiary material to him, the judge gave both sides more time.

Davis has been imprisoned since being arrested in September and can be released on $750,000 bail. He anticipates being able to raise the 10% required to obtain a bond so he can be released on house arrest, according to Arnold. Davis explained to the judge that his relatives would help with bail but didn’t want to come to court for a “source hearing” to prove that the funds were legally obtained.

“I’ve got family that is hesitant to come in here and help me out on the bail because of the media and the circus that’s going on,” Davis said.

Outside the courtroom, Arnold stated that Davis could finish getting the necessary $75,000 for a bail bond to go on house arrest with electronic monitoring. If so, a source hearing could take place within 30 days.

The 60-year-old Davis was arrested in Henderson on Sept. 29. Las Vegas police officers searched his residence after obtaining a search warrant on July 17. He pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder last November and has remained jailed at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas. He faces life in prison if convicted.

Tupac was shot numerous times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas after witnessing a boxing match featuring Mike Tyson on Sept. 7, 1996. The beloved yet controversial rapper and actor died six days after being shot at the age of 25. Davis, who wrote the book Compton Street Legend and did many interviews over the years, has previously stated that the killing of the “Me Against the World” lyricist was committed by his nephew, Orlando Anderson, who was killed two years later.

Anderson was seen on surveillance video getting into an altercation with the rapper before the “All Eyez On Me” emcee was shot to death.