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Lawyer who represented defendant in Tupac Shakur murder case found dead

Aisha Patel
Sports Reporter · Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM · 1 min read
Lawyer who represented defendant in Tupac Shakur murder case found dead — Savannah Sports news

LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) — The defense attorney who represented Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the Tupac Shakur murder trial has died.Michael Sanft was reported dead Thursday night in Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner’s office confirmed the 55-year-old’s death.The cause and manner of death remain pending. Details surrounding his death were limited, with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department referring all inquiries to the coroner’s office.Sanft was the lead trial attorney at SOS Injury Lawyers, where he tried more than 150 cases to jury verdict and argued before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.According to his website, he moved to San Diego at 12 and later attended BYU-Hawaii.Sanft represented Davis pro bono during his Las Vegas trial. A jury later found Davis guilty in August.In an interview with FOX5, Sanft said he would not have done anything differently.“We had the best team possible in this case, from the motion practice work on this appeal to our investigator to our firm her

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