Keffe D and his protection group filed a movement to throw out proof cops seized throughout what they name an unlawful nighttime search of his Henderson residence.

Defense legal professional Robert Draskovich argued police violated his shopper’s rights once they raided the 62-year-old’s home in July 2023.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis faces homicide fees for orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s 1996 taking pictures demise in Las Vegas. Draskovich filed the 24-page movement on December 22 in Clark County District Court, claiming cops had no legitimate cause for the nighttime search.

“When officers obtain nighttime authorization through bad faith, courts agree suppression is appropriate,” the motion states, in keeping with CBS8. “Bad faith is evident from the face of the affidavit supporting the search warrant.”

The protection argues police painted Keffe D as a harmful drug vendor when his drug convictions had been 25 years outdated.

They say he was really a 60-year-old retired most cancers survivor who lived quietly in the identical Henderson residence for practically a decade. Cops seized laptops, tablets, a USB drive, marijuana, a Vibe Magazine difficulty about Shakur, and Keffe D’s 2019 e-book “Compton Street Legend” in the course of the search.

The movement included 186 pages of supporting paperwork itemizing all seized objects.

Keffe D turned a goal after years of public admissions about his function in Tupac’s homicide. In his 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend, he wrote detailed accounts of the September 7, 1996, taking pictures that killed the rap icon.

“I know the real f###### story,” he wrote within the e-book, describing what occurred the night time Tupac acquired shot in Las Vegas. The former Southside Compton Crips shot caller admitted he was within the white Cadillac when somebody fired the deadly pictures.

Keffe D beforehand informed cops in 2008 and 2009 interviews that he orchestrated the hit. He claimed his nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, pulled the trigger after Tupac and Death Row Records associates jumped Anderson at the MGM Grand earlier that night.

The homicide case sat chilly for many years till Keffe D began speaking publicly about his involvement. His admissions in interviews, documentaries and his e-book gave prosecutors the proof they wanted to lastly file fees in September 2023.

Keffe D faces renewed worldwide consideration when 50 Cent’s Netflix documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning featured unreleased conversations in regards to the Tupac homicide.

The documentary, which premiered in December 2025, included beforehand unheard audio of Keffe D discussing the case with Las Vegas prosecutors.

The collection introduced recent scrutiny to his claims about Sean “Diddy” Diddy allegedly providing cash for Tupac’s homicide. Keffe D has repeatedly alleged that Combs put a bounty on Tupac’s and Death Row Records founder Suge Knight’s heads.

In taped classes featured within the documentary, Keffe D revealed {that a} 12 months earlier than Tupac’s homicide, Diddy allegedly made normal threats about wanting Tupac and Knight useless.

Court paperwork and interviews have revealed allegations involving Eric “Von Zip” Martin, who Keffe D claims was Diddy’s middleman within the alleged homicide plot.

He has alleged that Von Zip was supposed to deliver $1 million from Diddy after Tupac’s killing.

In FBI interviews, Keffe D claimed Von Zip stored the cash as an alternative of paying the Crips who carried out the hit. These allegations recommend a posh net of connections between East Coast rap figures and West Coast gang members within the mid-Nineties.

Diddy has denied any involvement in Tupac’s homicide.

Keffe D was additionally hit when a 16-40 months at High Desert State Prison for a jailhouse combat final spring.

He was found guilty of beating up another inmate while awaiting trial at the Clark County Detention Center. His murder trial is scheduled for August 2026.

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