Overview
- Opening statements began Monday, Aug. 17, and jurors are hearing testimony and recorded excerpts that prosecutors say place Davis at the center of a revenge drive‑by in 1996.
- Prosecutors say Davis planned the attack and supplied the weapon though they do not accuse him of firing the fatal shots.
- The state introduced autopsy testimony and graphic images showing Tupac died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.
- A key witness, James “Mob James” McDonald, refused to identify suspects and said he did not want to see Davis sent to prison, and other potential witnesses have been reluctant to testify.
- There is no recovered gun or Cadillac and the other men alleged to have been in the car that night are dead, so the outcome will turn on jurors’ assessment of Davis’s prior statements and credibility with a conviction carrying a possible life term.