LAS VEGAS: An ailing former Los Angeles-area gang chief has been denied launch from a Las Vegas jail forward of his trial within the 1996 killing of music legend Tupac Shakur, regardless of a bid by a hip-hop music determine to underwrite his $750,000 bond.
A Nevada decide rejected home arrest with digital monitoring for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, saying she wasn’t glad with assurances that Davis and his would-be benefactor – Money “Wack 100” Jones – weren’t planning to reap earnings from the sale of Davis’ life story.
Clark County District Courtroom Choose Carli Kierny stated in a ruling issued Wednesday that Davis did not show the cash for his bond “was paid by a reputable supply.”
Davis has sought to be launched since shortly after his arrest final September made him the one particular person ever charged with a criminal offense within the killing, which has drawn intense curiosity and hypothesis for 27 years.
Prosecutors allege the gunfire in Las Vegas that killed Shakur stemmed from competitors between East Coast members of a Bloods gang sect and West Coast teams of a Crips sect, together with Davis, for dominance in a musical style identified on the time as “gangsta rap.”
Davis has pleaded not responsible to first-degree homicide. His trial is scheduled for Nov. 4. If convicted, he might spend the remainder of his life in jail.
After a 45-minute listening to on Tuesday, Kierny stated she was left with extra questions than solutions after Davis’ authorized staff tried to exhibit the supply of the funds. The decide heard contradictory statements from Jones and wasn’t satisfied the cost he put as much as the bond firm “was not related to Mr. Davis in the end speaking about Mr. Shakur’s homicide.”
Jones, a music document govt who has managed hip-hop artists together with Johnathan “Blueface” Porter and Jayceon “The Recreation” Taylor, supplied sworn testimony Tuesday by video from an unspecified place in California.
Jones stated he talked with Davis and knew he is having a well being difficulty. He additionally spoke of his personal background coming from gang violence and his exit from that life. He referred to as Davis “a monumental particular person in our neighborhood. Particularly the city neighborhood.”
On Tuesday, Davis advised the decide he is not getting correct meals and medical care in jail.
“I obtained most cancers,” Davis stated as he stood in shackles. “I am in a life scenario, and I’d say something to avoid wasting my life.”
Prosecutors have argued that Davis intends to profit from retelling his story concerning the killing of Shakur and performed a recording of a jailhouse cellphone name through which Jones describes to Davis a plan to supply “30 to 40 episodes” of a present based mostly on his life story.
“Though it is convoluted, … it’s an unlawful profit, making the most of this crime,” prosecutor Binu Palal advised the decide.
Below questioning, Jones testified that he didn’t but have a contract or any settlement with Davis for a tv or film deal.
A Nevada decide rejected home arrest with digital monitoring for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, saying she wasn’t glad with assurances that Davis and his would-be benefactor – Money “Wack 100” Jones – weren’t planning to reap earnings from the sale of Davis’ life story.
Clark County District Courtroom Choose Carli Kierny stated in a ruling issued Wednesday that Davis did not show the cash for his bond “was paid by a reputable supply.”
Davis has sought to be launched since shortly after his arrest final September made him the one particular person ever charged with a criminal offense within the killing, which has drawn intense curiosity and hypothesis for 27 years.
Prosecutors allege the gunfire in Las Vegas that killed Shakur stemmed from competitors between East Coast members of a Bloods gang sect and West Coast teams of a Crips sect, together with Davis, for dominance in a musical style identified on the time as “gangsta rap.”
Davis has pleaded not responsible to first-degree homicide. His trial is scheduled for Nov. 4. If convicted, he might spend the remainder of his life in jail.
After a 45-minute listening to on Tuesday, Kierny stated she was left with extra questions than solutions after Davis’ authorized staff tried to exhibit the supply of the funds. The decide heard contradictory statements from Jones and wasn’t satisfied the cost he put as much as the bond firm “was not related to Mr. Davis in the end speaking about Mr. Shakur’s homicide.”
Jones, a music document govt who has managed hip-hop artists together with Johnathan “Blueface” Porter and Jayceon “The Recreation” Taylor, supplied sworn testimony Tuesday by video from an unspecified place in California.
Jones stated he talked with Davis and knew he is having a well being difficulty. He additionally spoke of his personal background coming from gang violence and his exit from that life. He referred to as Davis “a monumental particular person in our neighborhood. Particularly the city neighborhood.”
On Tuesday, Davis advised the decide he is not getting correct meals and medical care in jail.
“I obtained most cancers,” Davis stated as he stood in shackles. “I am in a life scenario, and I’d say something to avoid wasting my life.”
Prosecutors have argued that Davis intends to profit from retelling his story concerning the killing of Shakur and performed a recording of a jailhouse cellphone name through which Jones describes to Davis a plan to supply “30 to 40 episodes” of a present based mostly on his life story.
“Though it is convoluted, … it’s an unlawful profit, making the most of this crime,” prosecutor Binu Palal advised the decide.
Below questioning, Jones testified that he didn’t but have a contract or any settlement with Davis for a tv or film deal.
