2pac: Killer’s case still in court after some years of his demise…….

A Las Vegas bail hearing for a former gang member accused of planning the 1996 murder of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur was rescheduled on Tuesday to allow defense lawyers to address claims made by the prosecution that witnesses could be in danger.7

The court-appointed counsel for Duane “Keffe D” Davis requested a postponement in their response to the prosecutors’ last-week charges that Davis poses a public safety risk if he is released, citing recordings from his jail phone and a list of names given to his relatives.

There was no court session on Tuesday. The defense sought a written response in court, according to Robert Arroyo, one of Davis’ attorneys, who subsequently spoke with The Associated Press. He refused to go into specifics. Arroyo stated last week that he had not seen any proof that any witnesses had been threatened or named.

Rapper Marion “Suge” Knight, who is currently serving 28 years in a California jail for a separate, fatal shooting in the Los Angeles region in 2015, was also injured in the drive-by shooting; however, Davis has never been charged with a crime in connection with that incident.In June, Davis will go on trial for a murder charge, to which he has entered a not guilty plea. Since his arrest on September 29 outside his Henderson home, he has been in custody without being granted bail. In the middle of July, Las Vegas police had executed a search warrant there.

Currently residing in the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, where inmates’ phone conversations are often recorded, is Davis, a native of Compton, California. He might be imprisoned for the remainder of his life if found guilty at trial.

Prosecutors claim that during an October jail contact, Davis’ son informed the defendant of a “green light” authorization. They did not mention in their court brief that Davis had given anyone instructions to hurt someone or that anyone connected to the case had been hurt physically.

According to the court filing, prosecutors Marc DiGiacomo and Binu Palal informed Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny that “in [Davis’] world, a ‘green light’ is an authorization to kill.” They also stated that at least one witness received support from federal officials “so he could change his residence.”

In addition, prosecutors cite Davis’s own statements made since 2008 in media reports, police interviews, and his forthcoming autobiography as compelling proof that he planned the shooting in September 1996.Attorneys for Davis contend that the details he provided about Shakur’s murder were “done for entertainment purposes and to make money.”Arroyo and co-counsel Charles Cano have contended that their client, a 60-year-old man in remission from cancer, is in bad condition, does not represent a threat to the community, and will not run away to avoid going to trial. They want that Kierny impose bail at a maximum of $100,000.

According to Davis, FBI investigators and Los Angeles police who were looking into the murders of rival rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, six months later in Los Angeles, and Shakur in Las Vegas, granted him immunity from prosecution in 2008.The new date of Davis’ bond hearing is January 9.