The leader of a Southern California street gang charged in the 1996 shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas will appear in court Thursday with a lawyer from one of the city’s most prominent political families, who represent mobsters, athletes and other notables. customer.
Ross Goodman’s attorney told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he will appear in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ defense against charges that Davis orchestrated the rap icon’s drive-by murder.
Davis won’t immediately enter a plea, Goodman said, adding that he will be looking for another two weeks to confirm that he will be hired on the Davis case.
Davis, 60, originally from Compton, California, was arrested on September 29 outside his home in suburban Henderson.
He told police officers wearing body cameras that he moved there in January because his wife was involved in opening a grocery store in Nevada.
Edi Faal, Davis’ longtime personal attorney in Los Angeles, told the AP after Davis’ first court appearance on Oct. 4 that he was helping Davis find a lawyer in Nevada.
Attorney Ross Goodman (left) told The Associated Press Wednesday that he will appear in Davis’ defense against several charges. AP
Faal on Wednesday confirmed Goodman’s involvement.
Goodman is the son of former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and current Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
As a lawyer for more than two decades, he has handled a variety of high-profile cases including a plea deal in August in which former Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette settled gun charges by pleading guilty to two felonies.
Police suspect that Tupac had gotten into a fight with Davis’ nephew, Orlando Anderson, earlier on the night of the shooting. AP
His father, Oscar Goodman, was a lawyer who represented mob figures including the ill-fated Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro before serving three terms as mayor.
He was famous for making public appearances with a martini in hand and a showgirl on each arm.
Spilotro was the basis for the character in the 1995 film “Casino.”
He fought charges of skimming resort receipts and led a legendary burglary group dubbed the “Hole in the Wall Gang” before disappearing in June 1986 with his brother, Michael Spilotro.
Their bodies were found buried in an Indiana cornfield.
The notorious Chicago mob boss was convicted in 2007 of both murders.
Ross Goodman also represented Chris Lammons, cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts, when he and New Orleans Saints replacement Alvin Kamara pleaded guilty in July to misdemeanor charges to settle a felony battery case stemming from the beating of a man in a Las Vegas nightclub the weekend before 2022 NFL Pro Bowl.
In July, a police raid on Davis’ home drew renewed interest in Shakur’s unsolved murder, one of hip-hop music’s enduring mysteries.
Davis’ indictment makes him the first person ever to be arrested in Shakur’s death and has raised questions about the unsolved March 1997 murder in Los Angeles of the Notorious BIG or “Biggie Smalls,” a rival rapper whose real name is Christopher Wallace.
Davis has denied involvement in the murder, but in recent years has publicly described his role in Shakur’s death, including in interviews and a 2019 memoir describing his life as a Crips gang leader in Compton.
Goodman said Davis would not immediately enter a plea and would get two more weeks to confirm that he would be hired on Davis’ case. AP
Davis is the only survivor of the four men in the car that opened fire on Shakur and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.
Shakur died a week later at the age of 25.
Knight was injured but survived.
Now 58, he is serving a 28-year sentence for the January 2015 death of a Compton businessman.
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