Standard guarantee The hearing turned heated Tuesday when Duane “Kevin D” Davis, the man accused of killing Tupac Shakur, attacked prosecutors and investigators in a Las Vegas courtroom.
The latest court date was a continuation of a bail hearing on June 26 where a judge denied an initial $112,500 payment to secure Davis' $750,000 bail, noting that the payment — allegedly from music manager Cash “Wack 100” Jones — was tied to an exclusive interview with Davis.
At Tuesday's hearing, Clark County Circuit Court Judge Carly Kearney reiterated those concerns, noting that if the bail was a “gift” from a third-party entertainment company rather than a family connection, Davis would have little incentive to comply with the orders and appear for trial.
Prosecutors, who prefer that Davis remain behind bars until trial, have argued that under Nevada law, criminals cannot profit from their crimes, which Davis essentially would have done by sitting for an exclusive interview in exchange for bail money. However, Davis’ attorney, Carl Arnold, has argued that since Davis has not yet been convicted of a crime, that law does not apply to him.
Ultimately, Judge Kearney pushed the bail order back for another week, during which time Davis' team must provide more documentation about the source of the $112,500 payment. News agency Reports.
Then tempers frayed during the proceedings when Davis erupted into several tantrums at the end of the hearing, including yelling at prosecutors for “dishonoring my family in this.” “They’re not just ugly on the outside, they’re ugly on the inside,” Davis said. “These two guys right here.”
Davis then objected to boxes of records he had obtained from retired Los Angeles Police Department detective Greg Kading — who spent years investigating the murders of both Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. — that prosecutors and police were reviewing for potential evidence against Davis.
“These boxes should not have been allowed into the case,” Davis said. “Mr. Greg Kading kept these boxes in his home for 15 years in his attic to conduct all sorts of television interviews. He broke a good agreement, he broke the law, all sorts of things.”
Davis also accused Kading of tampering with evidence, with the judge responding that there was no evidence for that claim, and Davis' own attorney did not file a motion alleging evidence was tampered with, Fox 5 Vegas reported.
Speaking to News agency After the hearing, Kading said, “I don't lose sleep over the fact that a confessed killer is going against me for sharing information about his involvement in a murder. None of what he said reveals new information. It's well-known. It was based on investigative sources from when I was in the LAPD.”
While the bail debate continues, the judge set a pretrial hearing for Aug. 20; Davis' trial on charges of murder with a deadly weapon in Shakur's 1996 death is scheduled to begin in November.
