Defense Attorney Who Represented Tupac Murder Defendant Found Dead at 55

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Michael Sanft, the Las Vegas defense attorney who represented Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder case, has died at 55, Fox News reported, citing the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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Sanft was found dead inside his home Friday morning, according to the Review-Journal. The cause and manner of his death have not been determined, and police told the paper the death did not appear suspicious.

Michael Sloan, a close friend who rode motorcycles with Sanft, confirmed the death and remembered him as a devoted friend.

Sanft died days after filing an appeal challenging Davis’s conviction. A Nevada jury found Davis guilty in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon, and he was sentenced Oct. 13 to 40 years to life.

Davis, 63, is the first person convicted in connection with Shakur’s 1996 killing.

Prosecutors argued Davis orchestrated the shooting after his nephew was involved in a fight with Shakur and Marion “Suge” Knight earlier that night, and pointed to Davis’s own statements placing him inside the Cadillac used in the attack.

Sanft told jurors there was no evidence beyond those statements placing his client in Las Vegas or in the car.

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