Michael Sanft death, Digi Mart USA News (Las Vegas): Michael Sanft, the Las Vegas attorney who gained prominence for defending the only man charged with rap icon Tupac Shakur’s murder, has died, sources told KSNV. No further details on his death have been disclosed.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police referred questions to the Clark County Coroner’s Office. Sanft grew up on the island of Tonga and later moved to San Diego as a child, according to his website biography.
He received his law degree from Brigham Young University and has been a member of the Nevada state bar since 2002. He took on the case of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was charged with Shakur’s 1996 murder, and represented him at trial earlier this year.
A jury ultimately convicted Davis, who was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. Davis was planning to appeal his conviction.
