How to Use codefendant in a Sentence

codefendant

noun

• Trump and his codefendants are set to be arraigned next week.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
• Exxon later joined the government as a codefendant in the case.
  — Antonia Juhasz, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
• Madrid and his codefendant, Kevin Mejia, have pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
• The three codefendants were not in custody during the trial.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• Trump and his codefendants may not be faced with deciding between a plea or jail.
  — WIRED, 17 Sep. 2023
• To the chagrin of the government, Croft was spared a life sentence, just as his codefendant Adam Fox was a day earlier.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2022
• Ferguson, the mayor's codefendant, got 21 years for his crimes, which his lawyers long argued was too stiff.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2021
• One big difference: Nearly all of Trump’s codefendants are out on bail.
  — WIRED, 17 Sep. 2023
• His sister and codefendant, Stephany Perez, 26, of Oxnard, is scheduled to go on trial in the case next February.
  — Staff Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022
• Nixon's girlfriend was with him that entire night but could not testify in his trial as a codefendant.
  — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2021
• Croft and his codefendant Daniel Harris are also accused of twice trying to blow up balloons filled with BBs in a stove, but failing both times.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022
• Harris and three codefendants have since been arrested and charged with murder.
  — David Anderson, The Aegis, 29 May 2018
• Some of his codefendants have begun turning themselves in.
  — Shaddi Abusaid The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 22 Aug. 2023
• The codefendant testified against Jones, who was convicted and sentenced to death.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
• But the court also said Trump is not allowed to communicate with codefendant Walt Nauta specifically about the facts of the case.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 June 2023
• Menendez, 70, and his codefendants, along with his wife — who is scheduled for a July trial — have pleaded not guilty to charges lodged against them beginning last fall.
  — CBS News, 31 May 2024
• Some activists have claimed Tisdol and codefendant Noah Young — passengers in Dowdell’s car when he was shot — were charged unfairly.
  — courant.com, 2 Mar. 2021
• Since the separation, Highers has been staying at the home of his brother, Raymond Highers — his one-time codefendant in a murder case.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2018
• Hallinan’s codefendant and longtime lawyer, Wheeler K. Neff, was sentenced in May to eight years behind bars.
  — Jeremy Roebuck, Philly.com, 6 July 2018
• Cartagena's sentencing comes less than a month after his codefendant Carlos Macci was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• Barnes and her two codefendants, Susan Broshears, 50, and Jamie Hubiak, 35, have all pleaded not guilty, according to court records.
  — Sarah Loesch, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• When the victim opened his sliding glass patio door for the sale, Weber and the codefendant began assaulting the victim and demanding money.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2020
• Low remains at large, but was charged as a codefendant in Michel's case and played a major role in witness testimony and evidence presented to the jury.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Wagner, his codefendant in the case, will appear in court for sentencing in February.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2021
• According to court documents, Weber and a codefendant went to a home on Timberidge Lane to sell marijuana.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2020
• The case’s prosecutor responded that his office did not name Taylor as a codefendant.
  — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2020
• Last summer, Trump supporters posted the names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jurors who indicted him and 18 of his codefendants.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• The time limit was enforced near the end of trial and only affected one witness: codefendant Kaleb Franks, who pleaded guilty early on and testified against the others at trial.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
• The codefendants are accused of taking part in a bribery scheme that allegedly benefited Menendez and the Egyptian government.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
• Jones was tried alongside a codefendant who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit a robbery, per online court records.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024