Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Coconspirator
A person who engages in a criminal conspiracy with another; a fellow conspirator.See CONSPIRATOR.
Conspirator
n A person who takes part in a conspiracy.
coconspirator's exception
An exception to the hearsay rule whereby one conspirator's acts and statements, if made during and in furtherance of the conspiracy, are admissible against a defendant even if the statements are made in the defendant's absence. - Also termed coconspirator's rule. See HEARSAY.
unindicted coconspirator
See unindicted conspirator under CONSPIRATOR.
unindicted conspirator
A person who has been identified by law enforcement as a memer of a conspiracy, but who has not been named in the indictment charging the person's fellow conspirator with conspiracy. Prosecutors often name someone an unindicted conspirator because any statement that the unindicted conspirator has made in the course and furtherance of the conspiracy is admissible against the indicted defendants. -Also termed unindicted coconspirator.