Trial Denied For Oktibbeha Man

Tyrune Paty

JACKSON, Miss.,(WCBI)– An Oktibbeha man has been denied a new trial.

Tyrune Paty, 28, was sentenced in Oktibbeha Circuit Court in 2010 to a total of 16 years in prison for two counts of possesion of cocaine.

He argued that his lawyer did not put his best interests first. According to Paty, he acted as his own lawyer while the court-appointed attorney was just a “shadow counsel.”

He requested the appeals court throw out the conviction and sentence and order a new trial. The Mississippi Court of Appeals denied the request without comment.