In matters involving multiple defendants, conflicts can arise, particularly if defendants want to testify against each other.

In Essex County, where 9,050 criminal cases are pending, nearly 6,000 involve fugitive defendants.

Or, in suits involving foreign defendants, they simply do not show up.

One $68,000 state grant will pay for cases involving developmentally disabled defendants, like those who are blind or mentally retarded.

By coincidence, three cases on the court's criminal docket involve defendants named Banks.

Before this, they had been allowed to testify only in cases involving black defendants.

Until 1978, the Family Court handled all cases involving defendants under 16.

In such negotiations, loyalty can be dispensable, even in cases involving very young defendants.

In addition to the 25 cases involving black or Hispanic defendants, one other case was also put on hold by the Attorney General's office.

Your "legal scholars" cite as support for their position the most extreme possible situation, a multiple-victim accident, involving clearly liable, collectible defendants.