LAS VEGAS (AP) — The former street gang leader charged with orchestrating the 1996 drive-by killing of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas is expected to plead not guilty Thursday to murder, amid questions of whether he'll hire a defense lawyer or a judge appoints a public defender.
Goodman spoke for Davis outside court two weeks ago, saying that prosecutors lack key evidence and witnesses to the killing committed 27 years ago.
The attorney didn't give a reason Wednesday why Davis couldn’t hire him.
He was arrested Sept. 29 outside a home in suburban Henderson where Las Vegas police served a search warrant July 17, drawing renewed attention to the unsolved murder of one of hip-hop music’s most enduring icons.
His indictment alleges Davis provided a gun to someone in the Cadillac from which car-to-car gunfire mortally wounded Shakur and wounded rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight at an intersection just off the Las Vegas Strip.
Persons:
Tupac Shakur, Duane Keith, Keffe, ” Davis, Shakur, Ross Goodman, Goodman, Davis, didn't, Marion “ Suge, Knight, Orlando, Lane ” Anderson
Organizations:
LAS VEGAS, Las, Prosecutors, West Coast
Locations:
Las Vegas, Nevada, Compton , California, Henderson, California, Compton, East Coast