The Southern California street gang leader charged with the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas will appear in court Thursday with a lawyer from one of the city’s best-known political families, who has represented mobsters, athletes and other celebrities. clientele.
Attorney Ross Goodman told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he will appear in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’s defense against allegations that Davis orchestrated the drive-by murder of the rap music icon.
Davis will not plead guilty immediately, Goodman said, he will look for another two weeks to confirm that he will be hired for Davis’ case.
Davis, 60, of Compton, California, was arrested Sept. 29 outside his home in suburban Henderson.
He told a police officer wearing a body camera that he moved there in January because his wife was involved in opening grocery stores in Nevada.
Edi Faal, Davis’ longtime personal attorney in Los Angeles, told the AP after Davis’ first court appearance on Oct. 4 that he was helping Davis find a defense attorney in Nevada.
Attorney Ross Goodman (left) told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he will appear in Davis’ defense against several accusations. AP
Faal confirmed Goodman’s involvement on Wednesday.
Goodman is the son of former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and current Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
As an attorney for more than two decades, he has handled a variety of high-profile cases, including a plea deal in August in which former Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette settled a felony weapons charge by plead guilty to two misdemeanors.
Police suspect that Tupac had gotten into a fight with Davis’s nephew, Orlando Anderson, the night of the shooting. AP
His father, Oscar Goodman, is a lawyer who represented mafia figures, including the ill-fated Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro, before serving three terms as mayor.
He was famous for making public appearances with a martini in his hand and a showgirl on each arm.
Spilotro was the basis for a character in the 1995 film “Casino.”
He fought accusations of embezzling resort receipts and ran a legendary theft ring dubbed the “Hole in the Wall Gang” before disappearing in June 1986 with his brother, Michael Spilotro.
Their bodies were found buried in an Indiana cornfield.
An alleged Chicago mob boss was convicted in 2007 of both murders.
Ross Goodman also represented Indianapolis Colts cornerback Chris Lammons when he and New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara pleaded guilty in July to misdemeanor charges to resolve a felony assault case stemming from the beating of a man. at a Las Vegas nightclub the weekend before the 2022 NFL Pro Bowl.
In July, a police raid on Davis’s home drew renewed interest in the unsolved murder of Shakur, one of hip-hop music’s enduring mysteries.
Davis’ indictment made him the first person arrested in Shakur’s death and has raised questions about the unsolved March 1997 murder in Los Angeles of Notorious B.I.G. or “Biggie Smalls,” a rival rapper whose legal name is Christopher Wallace. .
Davis denied involvement in that murder, but in recent years he has publicly described his role in Shakur’s death, including in interviews and a tell-all 2019 memoir that described his life as the leader of a Crips gang sect in Compton.
Goodman said Davis will not enter a plea immediately and will look for another two weeks to confirm he will be hired for Davis’ case. AP
Davis is the only living person among the four men who were in the car from which Shakur and rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight were shot.
Shakur died a week later, at age 25.
Knight was injured but survived.
Now 58, he is serving a 28-year prison sentence for the death of a Compton businessman in January 2015.
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