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codefendant

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as in defendant

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Recent Examples of codefendant Santamaria’s codefendants, Hershel Tsikman and Hafizullah Ebady, were sentenced earlier in May to 10 years and eight years, respectively, behind bars. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2026 The codefendant, Moudy, who is not the trigger puller, got a 45-year sentence. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 19 May 2026 Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, a codefendant, were about 10 feet away in the public gallery behind their attorneys, with Altman alternating between looking at the judge and down toward the floor. — Paresh Dave, Wired News, 28 Apr. 2026 Baldoni's codefendants include Wayfarer Studios CEO Jamey Heath, Wayfarer Studios cofounder Steve Sarowitz, crisis public relations specialist Melissa Nathan and publicist Jennifer Abel. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for codefendant

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Benjamin Song, the lead defendant in the Texas case, furthered his activist career in a leftist gun club that used the A/I Collective’s NoBlogs platform to post pro-insurrection messaging.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2026
Surveillance video from the Cedar Glenn complex showed Brunson, Newman, and another unnamed co-defendant jumping a fence, approaching a Chevrolet Suburban, and fleeing after being confronted by a witness.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

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The plaintiffs asked a Sacramento federal judge to block the enforcement of SB 54 until the court has ruled on the constitutionality of the law.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Mosseri said the plaintiff lawyers are incorrect in suggesting that Meta also reduced the number of researchers studying youth mental health harms after Haugen’s leaks.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

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