8 Explosive Moments in Tupac Murder Trial Closings

Nearly 30 years ago, Orlando Anderson was beaten at the MGM. Grand by Tupac Shakur Shook Knight and. the group that he was with. >> The closing arguments are in the book in. the Tupac Shakur murder trial. >> While we hear 30 years later, Dwayne. Davis had actually confessed. Truly, >> this is the last opportunity by the. prosecution and the defense to persuade. this jury whether or not Dwayne Kefei D. Davis is guilty of murdering the rap.

icon back in 1996. >> For nearly 18 years, Dwayne Davis has stolen the police, television, books, YouTube interviewers. He is responsible. for the murder of two. What facts do you. have to support how you feel? But. whether or not it's proven beyond a. reasonable doubt by the state is quite a. different question.

>> We're going to break down the biggest. moments from both sides right now. Welcome to Sidebar, presented by Law and. Crime. I'm Jesse Weber. We finally made it here. Think about it. After 30 years in the making, we. officially heard the closing arguments. and the trial of Dwayne Kei D. Davis, the man accused of orchestrating the. murder of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. This is the last attempt by both sides. to persuade this jury on their.

narrative, on their stance, on their. position in this case, whether or not. KeD is guilty of this crime. Now, we. know that the Youngstar rapper was. killed in a drive-by shooting on. September 7th, 1996. And now this jury. is going to have to decide whether. Davis, the defendant, after hearing all. of the evidence, all of the testimony, these closing arguments, which we're. about to recap, they have to decide. whether the only surviving person who is. allegedly in that white Cadillac, is.

guilty of murder. Now, remember, prosecutors aren't trying to prove that. Davis pulled the trigger. No. Under. Nevada law, someone who helps another. person commit murder, aiding, abetting, being part of this conspiracy can. essentially be convicted of this crime. But Davis's defense is arguing the. prosecution's case is weak. That it's. only built on his words, and his words. can't be believed, that that is not. proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Davis. faces one count firstdegree murder with.

a deadly weapon. There are gang. enhancements a part of this as well. If. convicted, he faces life in prison. without the possibility of parole. Before we get into these closing. arguments, which I think are critical in. this case, to summarize what the jury. needs to think about as they go into. this, let me just tell you, this is a. big case we've been following here on. Sidebar. And like many of the big cases. that we follow, we can't show you. absolutely everything here on Sidebar. We're limited, which is why we have the. case file section on the Long Crime Plus.

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roadmap, their guide on the law, including terms about aiding and. embedding, conspiracy, murder, murder in. the first degree, murder in the second. degree. Okay, now we get into closings. Prosecution goes first here. Chief. Deputy District Attorney Binu Pal. stepped up to the podium and he went. right after the defense, right after. their argument, right after the. defense's narrative, telling the jury. this case wasn't just a case about the. defendant's words, his alleged. confessions or admissions. It's a lot. more that it's about gang retaliation.

and revenge. About two weeks ago, exactly two weeks ago, I came before you. and said this was a case about gang. retaliation and revenge. Nearly 30 years. ago, Orlando Anderson was beaten at the MGM. Grant by Tupac Shakur, Suge Knight, and. the group that he was with. And Orlando. Anderson was somebody of consequence in. the Southside Crips. And Dwayne Davis. was the head of the Burn Street faction. of the Southside Crips. And Dwayne.

Davis, in the culture of gangs, could. not let that stand. And so what did he. do? He acquired a firearm, got his group. together, and went hunting for Mr. Shakur and Mr. Knight. They went to Club. 662. They didn't find them. They go to a. liquor store, decided to have some. drinks. Then in happen stance, they. happened to run into Tupac and Sugar. going the opposite way of Flamingo. And. in that moment, a decision was made. Not.

to keep going, but to make a U-turn, turn around, pass a gun, and shoot into. the Tupac and show his car, killing. Tupac. >> And then Pala went after the defense's. central argument head on. >> One thing I think is very important to. discuss is in opening statements, Mr. Samp told you that you have to. corroborate every word of the. defendant's sentence in order to believe.

it. I think he even had a word a slide. up there that said I mean not nonsense. but BS I guess, right? BS. Um but that's. not actually true. That's not the law. Uh jury instruction number 42 tells you. what the law is. When independent. evidence establishes that the victim's. death was caused by the criminal agency. of another, a defendant's own statement. is believed admitting a crime need not. be further corroborated by evidence. connecting the defendant to the crime.

So this notion of cooperation I will. tell you I think we'll discover that. there is cooperation. But this notion of. cooperation, the mandatoriness of. cooperation does not exist in the law. It is absolutely untrue and not part of. our requirement. >> By the way, at this point, a sidebar. occurred. Defense seemingly objected to. what the prosecution was arguing in. their closings, but Pal continued after. that sidebar. >> All right. So, like I was saying that uh. the criminal agency of another defendant.

statement if believed evitting the crime. need not be further corroborated by the. evidence. So, this this hunt for. corroboration that Mr. San put you on is. not a legal requirement. >> So to understand why Davis's alleged. role in all this matters. The prosecutor. here walked the jury through the gang. structure explaining that Compton had. these two rival gangs that the Southside. Compton Crips the M Pyroo Bloods that. those gangs had ties to the music.

industry. Death Row Records associated. with Bloods. Bad Boy Records associated. with the Crips. told the jury Davis was. the leader of the southside Compton. Crips that essentially their argument. would be that from the prosecution. Orlando Anderson, his nephew, wouldn't. have fired without Davis's approval. And. Pal also reminded the jury of the. testimony of Detective Robert Lad, another witness who claimed that Davis. was a shot caller, narcotics trafficker. And Pal turned to the witnesses who were. apparently there the night that Tupac.

was shot. Malcolm Greenidge, Ingred. Stokes, Leonard Jefferson, all. describing the scene. And he also. pointed to Mob James, so a member of the. Mob Pyro Bloods who testified about the. code of the streets. >> When when when I was a part of that, like I was a part of that and and I was. No, because you asking something that's. going to hurt this dude. And. >> when I when when Okay, let me let me. stop. It was I.

>> when we when we got back to Compton, >> okay, >> it was a gang war. People were getting hurt, >> okay? >> People was being soft. People was being. People were looking for certain. individuals from his neighborhood. >> as well. They did mine, >> but Orlando, him and certain other people were being. assaulted because people wanted to kill. them. >> Sure. Were.

they the only ones that they wanted to. kill? >> Am I the only one up in this in here? >> No, they weren't the only one. Is this. his neighborhood in particular, but they. were the main subjects of of of a gang. war. They was in the middle such as me. >> So, you're telling us that people back. home somehow had some type of. information that said that that guy as a. bunch of other people were involved in. what? in a murder Tupac. >> The point there is that according to Mob. James, there was this need for.

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gets up to Las Vegas Boulevard. And then. he stops. He gets out of the car. He's. bleeding from the head. And when police. arrive, he says, "Help my friend. Oh, my. friend. He's hurt. And a brief note about Mr. Knight. You. also heard about Mr. Knight's level of c. cooperation or a lack thereof in this. case, right? Uh we learned that from. Detective Becker that Mr. Knight um did. not initially want to come to Dr. Police. and then when he did, he came with three.

lawyers and that when he came, he said, "I didn't know anything. I didn't see. anything." And then you also heard from. detective Dan Long who said um I tried. to reach out with him through a friend. Right. So Mr. Knight does not want her. to be involved in this case for a long. time. Then prosecutor Pal pointed to. what Tupac allegedly said in the. ambulance after he was shot. Almost a. dying declaration. And what he. purportedly said, what does it reveal. about the shooter or shooters? The code.

of the streets. Take a look. We learned. that uh Mr. Shakur is taken into an. ambulance. He's able to talk. Malcolm. Green says, he tells me, you know, get. down. I don't want you to get hurt by. the officer. I don't want you to get. shot. So, he's able to talk. He's still. communicative. And so, Gary Gale, who. goes down with him to the hospital, says, "Hey, so like who did this to you? What information can you get?" And what. Mr. says the whole time is to the extent. he's communicated, we'll take care of. it. Which tells you two things, right?

This is further part of the gang culture. that's existing, right? This is the. environment that's happening right here. It's not let me tell you who did it. In. the same way it wasn't for Orlando. Anderson, let me tell you who did it. It. was we'll take care of it. The other. thing and friends I think you can draw. from this though is that we'll take care. of it is this is not a stranger. This is. not a shock. This is not some random. person, some random fan off the street. We'll take care of it. The inference. there that you can draw reasonable using.

your common sense is. I know what this is about and we will. take care of it. >> Then Pal focused on something that. happened before Davis ever said a word. So what he's trying to do here is saying. this case is bigger than just the. defendant's own words, his own alleged. admissions or confessions. Right? This. is a piece of intelligence from 1996. that named two people only. >> Before we get to one word from Mr. Davis. We have contemporaneous 1996.

intelligence 1996 relay of who was. responsible for the murder of Tupac. Shakur. And he says two names and two. names only. Orlando Anderson and Dwayne. Keepy Davis. This guy and he doesn't. even want to be here as you recall, right? He says, "I don't want to be part. of this. I don't want to put you in. prison." And even tries to guide his Mr. staff away from asking these questions. that lead to the inevitable conclusion.

that Mr. Davis is responsible for the. murder of Tupac Shakur. And again, we. haven't gotten to one word of what Mr. Davis is saying. Not one word. We're not required to to. give you cooperation, but I don't know anything else to call. that. Southside named. that night. Orlando Anderson KPD.

before the world had the name. M Pyru. had that name. >> Then Palal addressed the arguments, the. defense's argument that Davis's. statements to authorities weren't. reliable, reminding the jury that the. defendant, Mr. Davis, was under a profer. agreement at one point in time when he. first told his story. In 2008, telling. the truth helps with Wayne Davis, right? Because this is the exchange. You tell the truth, we drop your.

charges, right? That's the exchange. that's going on here. And a profer is a. voluntary statement because if you look. at the voluntary instruction, so it's. what is uh jury instruction number four, he talks about police coercion. But the. one thing that's explicitly clear is. police coercion does not include factors. which motivate a person to speak because. of self-interest or by the expectation. of a benefit. Mr. Davis is in that room that's used. trying to get out from under a life.

sentence. And what the law tells you is. that is never police coercion. Additionally, a profer is not co uh. coercion. A proper agreement is. something wherein both sides of the. contract expect a benefit in exchange. for entering the contract. Federal. government expected a benefit. They. wanted the information. Mr. Davis wanted. a benefit. He wanted to not serve life. in prison. And so when you're expecting. a benefit that you are not being.

coerced, that's a matter of law. So here the law is clear. The benefit. expected cannot make a statement. involuntary. But the other thing that. again is interesting is that at the same. time the benefit gave Dwayne Davis every. reason to tell the truth. >> And in that 2008 profer, we can arguably. hear Davis telling federal agents that. he got this gun from Zip Martin, that he. and his crew went hunting for Tupac, going to Club 662, not finding him,

stopping at a liquor store. That's when. he jumped into the white Cadillac and. even described the seating arrangement. Terren Bubble Up Brown driving, Davis in. the front passenger seat, DeAndre Big. Dre Smith behind the driver, and Orlando. baby Lane Anderson. Okay, remember this. is KD's nephew in the rear. And he. claims that Anderson fired the shots. from the back seat. So Palal highlighted. details that Davis provided that weren't. publicly known that only someone in the. car would know.

>> He provides a detail that is not. publicly available, right? The sea ring. with the women following it. I'm not going to pretend that this case. wasn't reported on in the previous years. between 1996 and 2008. The caliber of firearm was in the. papers. I bet you it's even in Mr. Davis's. Um the fact that a white. Cadillac was involved absolutely well. known. What was not well known, what was. never publicized by 2008.

was the severing with the women. following it. So where does he get that. detail? And what's fascinating about it. again is Ingred's not following it. It. just looks like that from the. perspective of somebody in the white. Cadillac. And the other thing uh about. the 2008 profer is where Mr. Davis. pushes back. He's not just saying yes, yes, yes. He's he suggested lane in the van too.

He corrected. No, he's in the Cadillac. They suggested Orlando's behind the. driver. There's confusion about where. everybody sat and Mr. David says no. mando is behind me. And then there's. this whole exchange about what they did. with the gun. And uh Mr. D, we left the gun on the. tire of the Cadillac. And the officers. just don't believe him. Like that makes. no sense at all. You've got this gun. used in a murder. Why would you put that. on a tire? That doesn't make any sense.

at all. And Mr. Davis's attorney, Wayne. Higgins, says, "I mean, you guys aren't. thinking like folks from Compton. You. guys are thinking like cops." And then. what Mr. Davis says is, "You want the. truth or you want me to lie?" Because. the truth is that's where the gun was. Lastly, Mr. Davis's statement makes no. sense as a lie. The 2008 statement makes. no sense as a lie. He could have said he. was just a witness. So if the notion is. Mr. Davis is creating this whole story. Why would he create the story that makes.

him legally liable for murder when he. could just make himself a witness? >> And the prosecutor ended where he began. with Davis's own words and the profit. that he argues that he made from that. >> He got compensation for the 2017. documentary. He got compensation for the. book. He's gotten compensation for the. YouTube videos. He's gotten compensation. for a lot of these things, right? And. there's the argument that, well, how do.

we know he did it if he's getting paid. for it? Well, those aren't mutually. exclusive. And Mr. Davis explains explicitly. what the nature of his money is. In. fact, this is after he's arrested for. the murder, not before. After even after. being arrested for the murder, this is. what he said. blood on my money. on my money and then laughing about it.

And whose blood is on that money? Mr. Shores. For nearly 18 years, Wayne Davis has told the police, television, books, YouTube interviewers, anybody that will listen. He has told he. is responsible for the murder of two.

Tell him you hear him, find him guilty. >> So that was it for the prosecution. Now, before we go to the defense, there was. this brief moment in the courtroom where. Davis told the judge he wasn't feeling. well. Take a look. >> For the record, the jury has exited the. room. >> Uh, my understanding is Mr. Davis isn't. feeling great. Or am I able to give him. call drops, Mr. CCDC? >> I was told you he couldn't. Otherwise, I. would have been doing that. Your honor, just to let you know, >> CCDC, what's your who's in charge here?

>> You don't have a problem with it? Okay. These are from my stash, so I obviously. use them as. >> long as it's not. >> No, it's fine. Don't worry about it. >> All right, we'll be in recess. >> Thank you, honor. I appreciate that. >> No problem. >> Just thought I'd call it out. Okay, then. we have the defense's turn. And this is. Davis's attorney, Michael Sam. Started. with one simple question. >> We have to ask ourselves the question. really at this particular point. It's.

like why are we here 30 years later if. Dwayne Davis had actually confessed. truly confessed? That's really the. question of the day, right? You know, when you sit around, you think about a. case like this over 30 years, you have. to ask yourself like what did they. really confess to you that was true? So, let's walk through what we know and. then figure out at the end where they. are in terms of their case. Remember in. the beginning I said, you know, if I. just sat there and played with my hair, looked out the window, technically and. really honestly, the state of Nevada.

still has to show you proof beyond a. reasonable doubt, right? I could just. not say anything at all and just sit. there. And the worry is when I put on a. presentation like this is that you're. going to listen to my presentation, listen to the state's presentation, and. go, well, you know, I wasn't quite sure. about the state, but I definitely don't. believe in this in the defense. statement. And so as a result, lean back. towards the other side. If I were to sit. down right now, you would still be. obligated to weigh all the evidence in.

terms of what the state's burden or job. is in this case. Their responsibility is. to show you that they've proven their. case beyond reason. Right. >> And Sam turned to the judge's. instructions, specifically jury. instruction number 42, which the. prosecution used to argue that Davis's. statements didn't need corroboration. but he flipped it around. >> Instruction number 42. um is an instruction that says the. following, and I want to make sure. everyone understands this. where.

independent evidence establishes that. the victim's death was caused by the. criminal agency of another. A. defendant's own statements if believed. admitting the crime need not be further. corroborated by evidence connecting the. defendant to that crime. It is up to the. jury to determine the weight to be given. any admission or confession. Now, what. does that mean? That means if you. believed his own statements as Mr. Davis.

has, you know, been telegraphed or. whatever we've presented for Mr. Davis. in this case that you don't have to. cooperate anybody. But here's the thing. You don't believe it. Then I think you. do have to cooperate. So even though the. state may say, "Well, hey, we don't have. to cooperate anything, but we're going. to show you guys stuff." In reality, cooperation's important. We need to know. and test the veracity of something. So. if you don't believe his statements, then we do have to cooperate. And in. this particular case, number 44 deals.

specifically with the credibility of a. witness. And I just want to read this. real quick for you guys because when we. go through it, this will be important. The credibility or believability of a. witness should be determined by his. manner on the stand, his relationship to. the parties, his fears, motives, interests or feelings, his opportunity. to have observed the manner to which he. testified, the reasonleness of his. statements, and the strength or. weaknesses of his recollections. That's the stuff, right? When you hear.

the testimony of people up on the stand, when you hear them talk about what they. recall, that's the kind of thing you. want to do with regards to that. credibility. And when you do determine. if you believe that a witness has lied. about any material fact in the case, you. may disregard the entire testimony of. that witness or any portion of his. testimony which is not proved by other. evidence. So the idea behind it is. cooperate, right? I say something should.

be proved by something else. >> Sam then turned to a point that had come. up repeatedly during the trial. The. Lakewood Mall incident. Remember, prosecutors frame this as what really. started the war between the rival gangs. But defense attorney Sam argued there. wasn't proof that it actually happened. Went back to the testimony of Detective. Robert Lad, the gang expert who had. testified for the prosecution. The. Lakewood Mall incident is interesting to. me and the reason for that is because. they're using this as sort of the. triggering mechanism that starts a war.

in Compton between Southside Crips Mile. Pirate. The question you have to ask. yourself is this, did it really happen? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, now in your book you. identified as happening at the Lakewood. Mall. >> Yes. >> And it happened in a foot locker. >> Yes. Now, do you have any indication at. all of a police report or a call or 911. to the area on a fight that occurs in at.

the Lakewood Mall that? >> No. >> No. >> Do you have indication at all from the. security people at the mall where they. would have written up a report that. said, "Hey, we had a altercation here at. the Lakewood Mall.". >> I don't think a report was generated by. the security officer. No. Okay. >> And Sam then did something else. He. pointed to this arguable lack of. corroborating evidence. No phone. records, hotel receipts, photos, tickets, nothing that he claims placed.

Davis in Vegas that night. >> What proof do you have beyond reason? Now, the things that we would look for. would be in the MGM surveillance. Anything in there that would they would. spot a person that looks like Mr. Vegas. in a in a suit walking through the MGM. How about paperwork, receipts, things. that would indicate that, hey, I bought. some stuff here in Las Vegas, you know, something along those lines. How about. uh phone records? Anything with regards.

to Mr. Davis? Uh phone records to his. home for maybe his his uh his cell phone. or maybe just a phone in the in the. hotel room because we're talking about. 1996. How about photographs? Um these. people uh you know when you go to a. fight, you go to a fight, you want to. memorialize a moment with a photograph. What about something like that for Mr. Davis? And the ticket stuff is important. in this case. According to the testimony. that you heard, this was found with. Shook Knight at his home. This is uh. what Detective Lad said that this was uh.

obtained at Shook Knight's house. This. is a ticket st for the Seldon versus. Tyson fight for September 7th, 1996. Why. would he have this ticket? because it's important. It's an event, right? You go to the fight. You know. where you don't find any evidence of. this? In that guy's house. All right. Something as important as. this or something as memorable as this, we don't find it there. Compton PD does. a search. And you recall it was about.

two weeks after this event had occurred. They said, "Look, we went and did a. search of all these homes. There's like. 38 homes. You know the homes that they. also hit as well? Mr. Davis's home and Orlando Anderson's. home. So, let's look at that. This uh would be back in your when you. go back and look at it. But with regards to. this address here, and I want to say. this is 1405 South Burst. Write that.

down because that's Mr. Davis's address. in this case. They look through it. There's the. address, people that went there, and. then what do they do? They find some. information that they take with them. So, you're going to have this document. to go back. This is a receipt for. property taken from that house. And that. was done on. right here. This was done on October. 2nd, 1996. Right? So, they go in there.

They're looking for stuff. Here's what. they find. Um, three LA cellular. envelopes, bills, and miscellaneous. papers. one empty envelope, address to. the bank, a card, a hotel receipt, and they take that. But what does the. evidence show you? What do the facts. show you? They don't have that receipt. We don't know where it came from. We. have no idea. Another search is done of. one of the places that Mr. Davis stayed. And in that place, when he went in.

there, they're looking for information. It's uh of course for uh another uh. investigation, but ultimately at the end. of the day, they're still wondering who. if maybe Mr. Davis was involved uh with. the Tupac murder. And this is what they. find in the receipts. And this was as of. this would be the 27th of May, 1997, so. a year later. They find the following. money due bill. uh for the Monte Carlo Casino. Right?

This is what they have. is what they do. How does that help you? It doesn't. But there's no date. There's no time. There's nothing that would indicate that. it has anything to do with a Tupac. murder. So Sam then asked the obvious. question. If this was gang retaliation, where's the retaliation? Right? Because. the men that allegedly were in that. Cadillac. all later died, but presumably they. weren't killed by the blood seeking. revenge for Tupac. And then he flashed.

back to more testimony of detective. Robert Lat, right, the gang expert who. had testified for the prosecution. >> So the analysis is. man gets jumped right at a casino and. then you shoot him to kill him. That person just happens to be Tupac. Shakur, the crown prince of Death Row. Records, the number one rap artist in. the world. And then nothing happens to. those four individuals. Well, let's. let's ask the question as to what. happened with the four individuals that.

were allegedly in the vehicle that. somehow there's going to be retaliation. at the time with Terrence Brown. Um you. are aware that Terence Brown um actually. dies in what 2015? >> Yes. >> Right. And uh when he dies um do you. know how he dies? >> Yes. >> How did he die? He was at a marijuana. dispensary in Compton and a robbery. occurred and he got killed during a. robbery.

>> So, um based upon the way he um was. murdered in that case, no indication. that that was some type of retaliation. for the murder of Tupac in 1996 or. something. >> No. >> Uh in addition to that 1996, I. apologize. Uh with regards to DeAndre. Smith, do you know when he passed? 2004. and he died of um medical complications. >> Right. And as far as you know, nothing. that would have been associated with any.

type of retribution or revenge for the. murder of two occur. >> Correct. Orlando Anderson was killed. during the shootout as well as two other. people in the other car were killed. >> And in terms of did the two other people. in the other vehicle, were they both. crips? >> Yes. >> So it wasn't a blood sort of shootout. >> No, >> it was just over money and drugs. >> Yes. >> Where's the retaliation, guys? Where's. the thing that says this was a gang.

thing and as a result of Tupac fighting. and, you know, getting into altercation. with Leander Anderson that cost him his. life that somehow that in of itself is. done and and no one goes after uh the. four individuals that are allegedly in. the car. Do you know why they didn't do. that? It's because they weren't in the. car. Because as you recall, Ma James is. testimony up here. This man gets up here. and he's. M James. Uh, but he's the type of person.

though that you think if he's impulsive. on this stand, how do you think he was. 30 years ago? You don't think he would have done. something? If the word on the street was. it's these four guys, you don't think he. would have done something? But no, these. guys don't die at the hands of any of. the Pyro Bloods. Interesting, right? No retaliation. >> Then defense attorney Sam turned to. another piece of evidence that he claims. makes no sense. That if Orlando Anderson.

was the shooter, why would Suge Knight. have paid him money? >> Well, with Orlando Anderson, he sues. Tupac's estate for injuries. Why do you. do why do you do that? Why do you get. involved in a lawsuit if you're the guy. who's the shooter and commits the crime? Why would you do that? And then we heard. testimony that Shook Knight and Death. Row Records pays him money. Why would. you do that? You're Sug Knight. You're. in the car. You narrowly missed death. And now you pay this guy money.

this very fearsome man, Sug Knight, who's the type of person that allegedly. even held vanilla ice over a balcony, right, to get the rights of something or. another, pays this guy money. This. powerful man of a $300 million company. pays this guy money. How does that work? Now, this is where the common sense comes. into play, doesn't it? shooting of Shai,

murder of Tupac, and no retaliation. Tell me how that makes sense. >> So from there, Samp argued that the. white Cadillac was actually maybe a part. of Suge's entourage, not a separate. shooter's vehicle, pointing to the. testimony from multiple officers. >> And this is what Officer Height says. I'm going to turn your attention to the. SH Knight residence. Can you tell us. what your what you actually did at the. residence? Uh I was with another officer. and we were at a gate and we basically.

stayed at the gate while an entourage of. vehicles came through. Approximately 15. vehicles came through and the last one. being Sugar Knights. >> Okay. Now with regards to the entourage. of vehicles, where did they go. >> into in through the gate into I never. went in through the gate. So I didn't. see where they went after they entered. the gate. >> Okay. And with regard to the vehicles. that went in, do you did you recognize. or give note of any of the vehicles that. were in there? The last one was Sug. Knight's uh it was a cream colored. Cadillac.

Um. did you hear that? Cream colored. Cadillac goes into Suge Knight's. residence along with a long line of. vehicles. Now another sergeant um that's. there at the scene. He testifies and he. says just about the color of the cover. >> Now with regards to your recollection. for that night, did you uh what were the. other vehicles that you remember uh. entry into the residence area of Sugite. and leaving the area? Well, there uh Suge and and Tupac were.

there approximately 30 minutes and they. exited back out, followed by uh cream. colored Cadillac. uh compact uh vehicle that was occupied. by four females. Okay. So, once again, you have law. officers uh law enforcement officers. sitting there and they're just taking. casual notes of things. They're not no. one's understanding this. And 30 years. later, we're now talking about a cream.

colored Cadillac that goes in and out of. Ship Knight's residence. So, crime scene. analyst Dan Ford, what does he do? He. documents the vehicles in the caravan. when they are stopped. So, as the. vehicles go back down uh football, they. make a left onto Las Vegas Boulevard and. then Suge um stops the BMW in the. intersection of Harmon and Las Vegas. Boulevard. Crime scene analyst Dan Ford. appears on scene and this is what he. documents in his crime scene report. 1996 BMW 1995 BMW 96 Lexus Mercedes-Benz.

Dodge and Dodge. No Cadillac. Now you. have to ask yourself the question, why. isn't there a Cadillac? It pops up at. the Lux store. It pops up at Reggie uh. or at Sug Knight's residence. It pops up. and then all a sudden it's gone. Now, we. knew this was going to happen because. Sam turns to the book and one of the key. pieces of evidence arguing that in the. disclaimer section of the book, this. memoir that proved it was fiction that.

Davis didn't even review it because of a. name misspelling. >> They find the book, right? So, the the. book is in the evidence and you'll have. an opportunity to go through the book. But, you know what's interesting about. the book as well is the part that we. talked about. This is in the book. Although the authors and publisher have. made every effort to ensure the accuracy. and completeness of the information. contained in this book, we assume no. responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or any inconsistency here.

Why is that important? When's the last. time a book had that language in there? Typically, something like this would be. if uh it's a historical sort of fiction, right? And he's very proud of this book, right? that he would put up there he the. book, right? Is that the spelling of his. name? Now, what the state did is they. said, "Hey, we couldn't verify the. spelling of his name." Well, here's the. thing. Here's the verification of his. name.

Let me show you to real quick. They. found inside of his home. this jacket. And this is a jacket for looks like. Southside City of Compton jacket, states. exhibit 103. They took a picture of the. front of that jacket, which is this one. right here. Right. So, this is the front. of the jacket. But when you look at the. close-up picture of this, what you find is this. This is how Kei spells his name. So,

even though we might pronounce it Kei, it's spelled like this. Now, why is that. important to you? Because if you just. published a book or if you're reviewing. a book for the first time and you're. going through the manuscript, this the. actual spelling of your name is probably. the most immediate thing you pick out, especially when it's on the cover of the. book, let alone inside of the book. Why. is that important? Because Keith, he. never saw this book, never read it,

never reviewed it. So when he holds it. up and he tells people like, "Go buy the. book," what's he trying to tell you? Go. buy a book that's not verified. I don't. know anything about, but I'm here to. make money off of this book. So, use. your common sense. >> In other words, this isn't the gospel. You can't take it as true. And Sam. closed with a powerful plea to the jury, urging them to distinguish between. emotion and evidence. >> But there is few of us that feel it in. our bones and we say to ourselves, "No,

he's got to have done it. There's no way. this man would have just said this over. and over again without it not being. true. And that's fine. That's your feeling. And there's no way that anyone would. disrespect you for feeling that way. But. the problem is you have to ask yourself. if you're feeling that, what facts do. you have to support how you feel? Because we can feel that. But whether or. not it's proven beyond a reasonable. doubt by the state is quite a different. question. And that's the question you. have to ask yourself in this case. And.

it's going to take some courage to say, you know what, I might feel this way, but there's no proof beyond reasonable. doubt that Mr. Davis committed any crime. in this case, let alone murder of Tupac. So if you keep asking yourself the. question, you just keep lying over and. over again, you keep telling the. fiction, does that change it into a. fact? No. You have to have supporting. facts in order for a fiction become a. fact. And after the defense's closing, prosecutor Mark Dejakamo stepped up for. the state's rebuttal closing argument,

and he reminded the jury that every. detail of Davis's alleged confession, he. says, was corroborated by evidence. Think about all the pieces of evidence. you have in this case, right? By March. of 1997, what does Brent Becker tell. you? Brent Becker tells you we know the. four people in the car and it just. happens to be the same four people he. says are in the car 11 years later.

That is the evidence that you have in. front of you. And his defense is. he well Mr. Sam's defense is he lied but. that isn't his defense. You haven't. heard one recantation. of his 2008 profer or the various. versions that go thereafter. >> Oh, it's involuntary his statement. because he didn't have his dirty lawyer. in the room. But more importantly, what.

did you hear in the recording that Mr. Sam just p played you? Fault represents Michael Dro. What does the defendant say about. Michael Dro the Reaper? That he was. snitching on him. So Edie fall couldn't have been the. lawyer in the room. It wouldn't be. legally appropriate. The argument from. Mr. S is somehow. don't believe a completely corroborated. full confession to this case because.

he was looking at a life sentence. And because he was looking at the life. sentence, my client made up this highly. detailed story. Tell me how it's. possible he was able to do that. And. then tell me these guys didn't want to. know about Tupac. They want to know. about Biggie. So why didn't HE TELL SOME. LIE ABOUT BIGGIE SMALLS? Explain that to me. Why doesn't he go, "Okay, let me tell you here's the what.

happens in the Biggie Smalls murder. If. he's just going to make up a story about. a murder, you might as well make it up. for the jurisdiction that you you're in. front of, right? Why is he making this. story up about this particular case? On. one of those uh social media clips when. you watch him, he literally says, "I beat the streets. I beat the feds. And I beat cancer. And now he's trying to beat the 12 of. you.".

That's what's going on here. Mr. Davis is attempting to escape. responsibility for a crime. Everybody. knows he committed, even him, and he. admits to it for seven, eight times over. the course of 30 years, and there's no. evidence contradicting that fact. End of the day, hold him accountable for. the crime he committed. >> So, there you have it. Closing. arguments. This case is now in the hands. of the jury, and we will patiently see.

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