Tupac Murder Convict Faces Sentencing in Nevada

Duane "Keffe D" Davis is to be sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Las Vegas after an Aug. 31 jury conviction for first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur. He faces up to life without parole. Prosecutors did not seek death. Judge Carli Kierny will sentence him after he waived a jury recommendation. Davis, 63, remains held without bond and has said he will appeal. Shakur was shot Sept. 7, 1996, beside Marion "Suge" Knight and died six days later. Prosecutors said the drive-by followed an assault that night on Davis's nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, at the MGM Grand. Binu Palal said Davis "went hunting." Steve Wolfson credited Davis's own words: "The strength of our case was Mr. Davis, and all of the interviews and the book-writing and the podcasts and his mouth." The 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend was central. Jurors heard 24 prosecution and three defense witnesses over nine days and deliberated under three hours. Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur cried during closings and reached toward someone behind her. Wolfson said more evidence could bring additional charges, but "today, we don't believe that's the appropriate move to make." Anderson died in a 1998 gang shootout.