OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma city has agreed to pay $7.15 million to Glynn Simmons , who served nearly 50 years in the Oklahoma prison system for a murder he did not commit, his lawyers said this week.
The Edmond City Council approved the settlement on Monday after Simmons filed a lawsuit in federal court earlier this year against the estate of late Edmond detective Sgt. Anthony “Tony” Garrett, retired Oklahoma City detective Claude Shobert, and the investigators’ respective cities. The settlement resolves only Simmons’ claims against Garrett and the city of Edmond. His claims against Shobert and Oklahoma City are still pending.
“Mr. Simmons spent a tragic amount of time incarcerated for a crime he did not commit,” Elizabeth Wang, a legal partner with the Loevy & Loevy law firm and the lead attorney on Simmons’ federal case, said in a news release Tuesday. “Although he will never get that time back, this settlement with Edmond will allow him to move forward while also continuing to press his claims against the Oklahoma City defendants. We are very much looking forward to holding them accountable at trial in March.”