Keffe D's Lawyer FOUND DEAD — One Week After Filing the Tupac Appeal

Michael Sanft, the Las Vegas lawyer who defended Duane "Keffe D" Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder trial, was found dead at his home on Friday morning, November 6, 2026. He was 55. One week earlier — October 30 — Sanft had filed the notice of appeal challenging Davis's conviction. Davis, 63, was convicted on August 31 of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon and sentenced on October 13 to 40 years to life. He is the only person ever charged in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur. The Clark County Coroner confirmed Sanft's death. The cause and manner are still pending, and Las Vegas police said it did not appear suspicious. There is no verified evidence connecting Sanft's death to the Tupac case — and this video does not claim there is. What it does ask is the question that actually matters now: what happens to Keffe D's appeal, and who takes it over? Prosecutor Binu Palal, who faced Sanft in court, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he "lost a friend." Sanft took Davis's case pro bono, tried more than 150 cases to verdict, and told reporters after sentencing: "We had the best team possible in this case... I don't see what I could've done differently." SOURCES: Las Vegas Review-Journal, USA Today, FOX5 Las Vegas, KTNV, Clark County Coroner's Office, court records. This video is commentary and reporting on publicly reported court proceedings. Davis was convicted on August 31, 2026. Sanft's cause of death is pending as of November 9, 2026. Subscribe for the paperwork, not the rumours.