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Reasons Co-Defendants May Get Different Sentences Judges may impose different sentences on co-defendants who committed the same crime based on factors like: Role ? Defendants who played a leadership or organizing role may get longer sentences than minimal participants or followers.
In the State of California, co-defendants charged with the same crime are tried together by default unless the court determines otherwise defined under Penal Code 1098 PC.
It can be difficult for an attorney to represent both codefendants competently and diligently as required. The American Bar Association advises against representing co-defendants, but there is no general law forbidding it.
A codefendant is one of multiple defendants jointly sued in the same civil action or formally accused of committing the same crime. For instance, if A sues B and C, B and C are codefendants.