A judge has again denied bail to Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane “Keffe D” Davis over doubts about the source of the bond money.
At a July hearing, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny rejected a $112,500 down payment to secure Davis’ $750,000 bond, noting that the payment — allegedly from music executive Cash “Wack 100” Jones — was tied to an exclusive interview with Davis. Kierny was also concerned that if the bond payment was a “gift” that came from some third-party entertainment company and not a familial connection, Davis would have little incentive to comply with orders and appear at trial.
Another hearing on the matter occurred on Tuesday, during which Davis’ legal team attempted to provide documentation that the bond payment was legitimate and obtained legally. However, as Kierny pointed out, the two letters provided to the court were written identically, and that both letters had issues with the signees: One letter was signed by a person with no known ties to Wack 100’s production company, and the other letter was signed by a misspelled name and provided an address that matched up with a doctor’s office, the Associated Press reported.
When faced with these issues, Davis’ lawyer Carl Arnold admitted to the court that a bail bond agent provided copy-and-paste wordage for both letters, which — as the prosecutors pointed out — could potentially result in charges for the bail bond agent, as submitting a false document to the court is a felony.
“I have a sense that things are trying to be covered up,” Kierny added.
Prosecutors, who would prefer if Davis remained behind bars until trial, previously argued in July that under Nevada law, criminals are unable to profit off their crimes, which is essentially what Davis would be doing by sitting for an exclusive interview with “Wack 100” in exchange for the bail money. However, Davis’ lawyer Arnold argued that since Davis has not been convicted of any crime yet, that law does not apply.
Davis’ trial for murder with the use of a deadly weapon in the 1996 death of Shakur was scheduled to begin in November, but the judge pushed the trial to March 17, 2025 at Tuesday’s hearing.
