California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Miramontes, H036887 (Cal. App. 2014):
5. Ortiz does not assert that that he and Miramontes had conflicting defenses, that Miramontes would have given exonerating testimony at a separate trial, or that Miramontes made an incriminating confession. (See People v. Cleveland (2004) 32 Cal.4th 704, 726 [separate trials may be necessary "if a codefendant has made an incriminating confession, association with codefendants may be prejudicial, evidence on multiple counts may cause confusion, there may be conflicting defenses, or a codefendant may give exonerating testimony at a separate trial"].)
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