District 20
Click below for Defendant data in Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, & Murray Counties!
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Clerical staff was but gave email address!
Deduction for known brady violations in office
Melissa Handke
Appointed by Gov. Stitt on August 4, 2023
Current Administration:
Jacobi Whatley
1st Assistant District 20 Attorney - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resource Prosecutor
Former Assistant District 4 Attorney - Canadian County until January 2023
Buck Samson
Assistant District 20 Attorney - Love County
Formerly a Democrat member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing District 49 from 2008 to 2010. He was defeated in the 2010 general election.
Brooklin Hobbs
Juvenile Assistant
James English
Assistant District 20 Attorney - Murray County
Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1668106951 - 242188147
Alexis Benitez
Hired for Assistant District 20 Attorney position, but did not pass his July 2023 sitting for the Oklahoma Bar exam, renewed his Legal Assistant License in September of 2023.
Resigned or terminated after failing the bar exam a 2nd time.
Former Legal Assistant District 21 District Attorney's Office.
District 20 is NOT in Compliance
District Attorney, Craig Ladd, is NOT in compliance with:
The nationwide, public-facing, Brady List;
Supreme Court of the united States [SCOTUS] Brady Doctrine (1963);
Open Government Act (2007) signed by President George Bush (No. 43);
Open Government Initiative (2009) signed by President Obama (No. 44); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.