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Attorney who represented ‘Keffe D’ in Tupac murder trial dies
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Michael Sanft, the defense attorney who represented Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder trial, has died.
Sources tell FOX5 that Sanft was reported dead on Thursday night in Las Vegas. On Friday, the Clark County Coroner’s Office confirmed the 55 year old’s passing.
A cause and manner of death remains pending. Details surrounding his death are limited, with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department referring all inquiries to the coroner’s office.
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Sanft was the lead lead trial attorney at SOS Injury Lawyers, where he tried over 150 cases to jury verdict and argued before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. According to his website, he moved to San Diego at the age of 12 and later attended BYU-Hawaii.
Michael Sanft, lawyer for man convicted of Tupac Shakur’s murder, dies at 55
Michael Sanft, the lawyer who defended Duane âKeffe Dâ Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder trial in August, has died, according to the coronerâs office in Clark County, Nevada. He was 55.
Sanftâs cause of death is pending, the coronerâs office said. No official date was given for his death; CNN affiliate KVVU, citing sources, said Sanft was found dead in his home Friday morning.
As Davisâ murder trial played out in August, Sanft became a fixture on TV screens and social media feeds across the country. He represented the only person ever charged in the shocking murder of Shakur, who was 25 and at the height of his career when he was killed.
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Defense attorney in Tupac Shakur murder trial discovered dead inside his Vegas home
Attorney Michael Sanft, in court last August during the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, was found dead in his Las Vegas home on Friday. (Daniel Cole/Pool Photo via AP)
The lawyer who defended the man convicted of killing rapper Tupac Shakur was found dead Friday inside his Las Vegas home, a short time after filing an appeal in the case.
Michael Sanft, 55, was the attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was found guilty Oct. 13 of first-degree murder in the killing of Shakur. Davis, 63, was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for being the architect of the drive-by shooting targeting Shakur in 1996 when the rapper was 25 years old, according to the New York Post.
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