PATY
Daily Journal
JACKSON – The Mississippi Court of Appeals denied the request by an Oktibbeha man for 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 possession of cocaine.
He appealed, arguing 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 asked that the appeals court throw out the conviction and sentence and order a new trial. The high court denied the request without comment.