Sentence upheld for man in 2009 Mississippi prisoner escape

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A state appeals court has upheld seven life sentences for a man convicted of helping his cousin escape when the cousin and other inmates were taken to an eye clinic outside a Mississippi prison.

Courtney Logan of Louisville, Kentucky, remains in prison in Mississippi.

After fleeing the doctor’s office in in 2009 in Greenwood, Mississippi, Logan and his inmate cousin, Joseph Jackson Jr., drove to Tennessee and were stopped for a traffic violation. While Nashville Police Sgt. Mark Chesnut checked their driver’s licenses, Jackson shot Chesnut five times, but the officer survived.

In 2012, Logan was found guilty on five counts of kidnapping, one count of aiding escape and one count of being a felon with a firearm.

The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the convictions and sentence.

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