Opening statements center on fact and fiction in the Tupac Shakur killing trial
- Opening statements began in the Las Vegas murder trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who is charged in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
- Prosecutors said Davis did not fire the shots but helped plan the attack in retaliation for his nephew being beaten earlier that night.
- The defense argued that the prosecution's case is fiction and said Davis's past statements and book do not amount to reliable facts.
- Jurors heard audio from Davis's 2008 interview and saw evidence the state says supports its theory of revenge.
- The trial is expected to last about a month, and prosecutors said they plan to call dozens of witnesses.
Opening statements began in the Las Vegas trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who is charged with murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur. Prosecutor Binu Palal told jurors that Davis did not pull the trigger, but he did help plan the shooting after his nephew was beaten earlier that night.
Palal said the evidence would show Davis spoke about the case for years, including in a 2008 interview and in a 2019 memoir co-authored by Davis. The prosecution played audio from the interview and showed video of an earlier altercation outside the MGM Grand that it says led to the shooting.
Defense lawyer Michael Sanft rejected the state's account and called it fiction. He argued that Davis was not charged earlier because investigators did not trust his statements, and he criticized the original investigation as incomplete and biased.
Witnesses also began describing the night of the shooting. A retired Las Vegas police officer and another witness recounted events involving Shakur, Marion "Suge" Knight, and the drive-by shooting that followed. The trial is expected to last about a month.
图帕克·夏库尔遇害案审判开庭陈述围绕事实与虚构展开
杜安·“Keffe D”·戴维斯在拉斯维加斯的审判进入开庭陈述阶段。他被控参与1996年图帕克·夏库尔遇害案，检方告诉陪审团，戴维斯虽然没有亲自开枪，但在当晚早些时候其外甥遭殴打后参与了袭击策划。
检方表示，证据将显示戴维斯多年来一直谈论此案，包括他在2008年的一次采访和2019年合著的回忆录。庭上播放了该采访录音，并展示了检方称与枪击动机有关的MGM Grand外冲突视频。
辩方律师迈克尔·桑夫特否认州方说法，称其为虚构。他说，戴维斯直到多年后才被起诉，并质疑原始调查不完整且带有偏见。
庭审当天，部分证人开始描述枪击发生当晚的经过。一名退休的拉斯维加斯警官和另一名证人回忆了与夏库尔、马里恩·“Suge”·奈特以及随后发生的驾车扫射有关的情形。案件预计将持续约一个月。