Attorneys Claim Tupac Murder Case Evidence From Illegal Raid

The legal team for Davis filed a new motion this week. They want a judge to throw out evidence from a police search last summer. The search happened at Davis’s home in Henderson, Nevada.Lawyers Robert Draskovich and William Brown led the filing. They argue the warrant was executed at night without proper cause. Nighttime searches require exceptional circumstances under the law.Police told the judge Davis was a dangerous drug dealer. This portrayal secured the after-dark raid authorization. According to Reuters, police said darkness would help secure the area safely.Davis’s attorneys say this portrait was false. They state Davis left the drug trade back in 2008. He later worked inspecting oil refineries.He was a 60-year-old retiree at the time of the search. He is a cancer survivor. He lived quietly with his wife for nearly a decade.”The court wasn’t told any of this,” the motion states. The defense calls the police request clearly erroneous. They say it misled the judge.The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department executed the warrant. Officers seized electronic devices, photographs, and marijuana. The department declined to comment on the new motion.This evidence is central to the prosecution’s case. Throwing it out could severely damage their efforts. The hearing on this motion is still pending.

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The defense motion also attacks the foundation of the case. It questions the validity of Davis’s own past statements. Davis previously said he was in the car when Shakur was shot.His attorneys now call those statements unreliable. They suggest Davis had strong motives to lie. One major motive was avoiding serious drug charges.He entered a proffer agreement with federal investigators. In it, he discussed the Tupac murder case. This helped him dodge a life sentence on drug charges.He also profited from his story later. Davis gave interviews for documentaries. He authored a 2019 book about the events.”Think of it this way,” his lawyers wrote. They compared Shakur’s murder to the JFK assassination. They said it has been endlessly dissected and monetized.The implication is clear. Davis may have placed himself at the scene for gain. The defense argues there is no firm proof he was actually there.The state’s case appears to rely heavily on these confessions. Without them, the evidence may seem circumstantial. The search warrant evidence is meant to provide corroboration.Davis previously asked the Nevada Supreme Court to dismiss the charges. The court denied his petition in November. The trial is moving forward in district court.

Long Road to an Arrest

Tupac Shakur was killed on September 7, 1996. He was shot in a drive-by attack near the Las Vegas Strip. The case went cold for over two decades.Investigative efforts renewed in recent years. A grand jury ultimately indicted Davis. He remains the only person ever charged in the rapper’s death.

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The upcoming hearing on the search warrant could be pivotal for the Tupac murder case. If the evidence is suppressed, prosecutors face a steep challenge. This legal battle continues to unfold nearly three decades after the crime.

Disclaimer: This article reports on developing legal proceedings. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Information is sourced from official court documents and reputable news outlets.

References: Court filing in Clark County, Nevada; Associated Press; Reuters; BBC; CBS News reporting.