Michael Sanft, the Las Vegas defense attorney who represented Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the murder trial over the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, was found dead at his Las Vegas home on Friday morning. He was 55.
Sanft’s friend Michael Sloan, a Clark County District Court marshal who rode motorcycles with him, confirmed the death to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“He was one of my best friends and one of the best human beings I knew,” Sloan said.
The cause and manner of Sanft’s death are still pending, and no further details have been released. Police have said the death does not appear suspicious, according to the Review-Journal.
Sanft was found dead one week after filing an appeal in the Davis case, according to court records obtained by Fox 5 Vegas.
The Tupac Shakur Case
In August, a Clark County jury convicted 63-year-old Duane
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