Separate consideration--multiple defendants charged with different crimes is a situation in which two or more defendants are charged with different criminal offenses. In such a situation, the court may consider each defendant's case separately, rather than grouping them together and making a joint ruling. This allows the court to consider the individual circumstances of each accused and to make a ruling that is tailored to their specific situation. Separate consideration--multiple defendants charged with different crimes is applicable when defendants are charged with different felonies or misdemeanors, or when each defendant is charged with a separate count of the same crime. In certain cases, the court may also allow for mitigating circumstances to be taken into consideration when determining the sentence. There are three types of separate consideration--multiple defendants charged with different crimes: concurrent sentencing, consecutive sentencing, and hybrid sentencing. In concurrent sentencing, multiple defendants are sentenced simultaneously for their respective crimes. In consecutive sentencing, the sentences for each defendant are served consecutively, meaning that the defendant must serve the sentence for one crime before beginning to serve the sentence for the next crime. In hybrid sentencing, a combination of concurrent and consecutive sentencing is used.