Prosecutor Miconduct No. 1659467939 - 2121619387

Stephen Craig Ladd
414 West Main Street
Tishomingo, Oklahoma 73460

Date of Offense

July 1, 2022

Offense(s)

Reporting Authority

This complaint has been forwarded to the Oklahoma Bar Association

Supporting Document(s)

1052478469-20220701-152129- (1).pdf

Statement

Craig Ladd has not disclosed to defense council or defendants that his assistant district attorney, Fern L. Smith, was named as a potential witness in an appeal (PCD-2022-589), to answer for withholding of exculpatory evidence and destruction of evidence in a capital murder case. See attached motion for evidentiary hearing naming Fern Smith as an anticipated witness.

Definition of Offense(s)

Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material

Evidence that is favorable to the defendant (exculpatory) and could impact the outcome of the defendant’s case (material) is often called “Brady material” because of the seminal 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case, Brady v. Maryland.

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