codefendant

noun

co·de·fen·dant ˌkō-di-ˈfen-dənt

in legal circles often -ˌdant

variants or co-defendant

plural codefendants or co-defendants

Synonyms of codefendant next

: a defendant in the same lawsuit or criminal prosecution as another defendant or group of defendants : a joint defendant

… the defendant argued that it was plain error for the trial court to have permitted the prosecution to treat his co-defendant as hostile …—

State v. Saenz, 370 P.3d 1278 (2016)

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Bannon was first indicted in connection to the sham charity in August 2020, when federal prosecutors charged him and three codefendants with defrauding donors. —

Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 Judges on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump codefendants' bid to further enjoin prosecutors from releasing the report. —

Robert Legare, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025 Cannon had thrown out the prosecution of Trump and two codefendants, longtime aides Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, on the ground that Smith had been appointed in an unconstitutional manner. —

Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025 Attorney Carmen Hernandez represented a Tarrio codefendant who was also convicted of seditious conspiracy. —

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