[2] Governor Frank Keating appointed Daniel J. Boudreau to fill the vacancy created by Simms' retirement.
[3] In 2001, after Robert Simms had retired from the bench, his judicial talents were summoned again for a special service.
[b] The list of offenses that the MGJ investigated was extremely wide-ranging, including "... murder, rape, bribery, extortion, arson, perjury, fraud, embezzlement, violations of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, organized crime, public corruption, securities violations, and crimes involving the sale or purchase of goods or services by state and local subdivisions.
Information and evidence were obtained, and cases solved, that would likely not have been otherwise due to the use of the subpoena and investigatory powers of the Multicounty Grand Jury.
We believe it is a process which should be continued, funded and fully supported by the citizens, Legislature, Governor, judiciary and law enforcement community of the State.
[4] Simms married Patricia J. Cook in Sand Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma on February 12, 1951.