What is "codefendant"

Usage examples of "codefendant".

Klaus Ruffini had not been mentioned except as a codefendant, and George Fonseca not at all.

Two defendants, Antron McCray and Raymond Santana, had never met their codefendant, Yusef Salaam, until the night of the attack and did not know his name.

But would the jury buy it here, when the codefendant has been executed on national television?

Sam, the codefendant still lives out there and is believed to be dealing in arms.

The accused, after having been convicted and sentenced to death for murder, filed his petition supported by affidavits of a codefendant, who, after pleading guilty and serving as a witness for the State had received a life sentence.

State to answer, the Supreme Court upheld this action on the ground that there was no adequate showing of a corrupt bargain between the prosecution and the codefendant and that the appraisal of conflicting evidence was for the Court below.

MMC was the direct result of the hospital being named as codefendant in three successive malpractice suits over a period of a few months.

He was said to have instructed his codefendants to appear in jackets and ties.

I figured my client was obviously guilty, and so my initial thought was that my only goal was to prepare him to testify against his codefendants and, hopefully, to work the best possible plea bargain I could for him.

Since Misskelley had retracted his confession and, presumably, would not be testifying against his codefendants, his trial had to be severed from theirs.

Willie and Sal and their codefendants paid to defense lawyers came from--prepare to be astonished--the sale of illegal narcotics.

In court jackets he looked for assault cases, complainants in domestic disputes, and codefendants who might have a beef against his client.