In February of this year, 23-year-old Ryan Garcia was convicted of first-degree murder in a Lawton courtroom after jurors found him guilty of stabbing an inmate to death in the GEO prison. Garcia allegedly participated in the 2012 beating and stabbing of Sonny Limpy, a 25-year-old inmate at the prison.
In all, there were six inmates who attacked the inmate according to an article at Tulsa World. The attack involved a dispute among gang members. Garcia said that the group of inmates who attacked Limpy intimidated him into participating.
This past July, Garcia was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Garcia has now appealed the conviction and is asking a judge to overturn it based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct. According to Garcia, another inmate who allegedly helped him dispose of the weapon used to attack Limpy was given immunity and leniency by prosecutors in exchange for his testimony in the case.