Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the person dealing with trial for the 1996 homicide of Tupac Shakur, has been handed extra time behind bars after a jailhouse battle.

Davis was sentenced to an extra 16 to 40 months in jail for his position within the brawl, which occurred whereas he was already being held with out bail awaiting trial. Throughout the listening to, Keefe D insisted he was not the aggressor.

“I used to be attacked. It was mistaken, I do know to not battle within the jail. The man attacked me,” Davis informed the courtroom. “My dad and mom introduced me as much as shield myself, and that’s all I used to be doing, defending myself, and that is completely mistaken, man.”

Together with his Tupac trial not scheduled to start till February, Davis is predicted to serve a lot of the new sentence whereas awaiting proceedings.

The previous Compton gang member has repeatedly tried to have the homicide case in opposition to him dismissed. In a current movement, his protection argued that prosecutors lack the proof to maneuver ahead.

“This prosecution has captured worldwide consideration. The worldwide public is watching how Nevada upholds due course of, equity, and the rule of regulation in one of the intently scrutinized prison proceedings in current reminiscence,” the submitting acknowledged.

It continued, “Nevada regulation is unambiguous: a conviction can’t relaxation solely on an uncorroborated extrajudicial assertion. The State has supplied nothing to corroborate the trustworthiness of Mr. Davis’s alleged statements, and nothing independently connecting him to the homicide itself.”

For now, Keefe D stays behind bars, awaiting one of the extremely watched trials in hip hop and prison justice historical past.