When I’ve visited gambling centers such as Las Vegas and Monte Carlo (the real one, not the hotel) I rarely bet. I remember one visit to Las Vegas when I gambled a dollar at the airport on my way out. The first time I went to Monaco I didn’t bet a franc (precursor to the euro). I put my money on the sure thing—shopping.
More recently I have made some bets (no actual money involved) regarding Keffe D’s trial.
So far I only have gotten thing one wrong. Sort of.
I predicted that the man charged with the murder of Tupac Shakur would not get bail.
Well. The judge did set bail. At 750K.
A veteran local bail bondsman told me at the time, on the podcast, that amount of bail is tantamount to no bail. Then came the very messy bail hearing testimony. On that one I predicted one particular witness would not fly with the judge. Note: Keffe D has been sitting in jail and now prison ever since.
So now another (semi) prediction.
Months ago Keffe D’s new defense attorneys said they would be filing a motion to throw out what LVMPD gathered when the search warrant was served on Keffe’s home in 2023. My ears perked up because it leads me to believe (although this sort of motion can be filed during the course of normal lawyering) that LVMPD scooped up some juicy things.
LVMPD homicide detective Cliff Mogg says as much during his grand jury testimony.
John L Smith writes in the Nevada Independent that the motion to suppress has been filed. It seems all that potentially juicy evidence will never see the light of day in a trial is because of the time the search warrant was so in-ya-face served.
According to Nevada Revised Statutes 179.045 warrants should be “…served between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., unless the magistrate, upon a showing of good cause therefor, inserts a direction that the warrant be served at any time”
It seems search warrant has no such direction stipulated.
I have done ride alongs when search warrants have been served (I remember one time in particular in Philly) and they have always been very early in the morning.
The defense motion seems like a pretty good argument to me. Based on how Judge Carli Kierny has been ruling so far (from where I sit, even-handedly) the odds are in Keffe D’s favor (and I am not a betting woman) on this one.
What say you Clark County DA? Have I missed something?
Were there exigent circumstances? After so many years was it critical to bust in on Keffe’s home not so long before the evening news?
Evidence gathered when the search warrant was served led to Keffe D’s arrest.
If that evidence is thrown out will it lead to the dismissal of all charges?
Other high profile cases have taught me well that headlines and juicy YouTube posts are no substitute for knowing what information resides within the case files. So I will still be watching and waiting before I go with any hunches about the viability of the trial.
Although from what I know now I think the oddsof Keffe D to beat the case, confession and all, are not bad. Not bad at all.
I base that, in part, because who will likely testify. And who won’t.
Read all about it (the motion to suppress) via the link below
John L Smith has updated his article with the information that the motion has been withdrawn.