Sure, unless there is some other, compelling reason for him not to represent your co-defendant.
Added: While the court may rule that your attorney can represent your co-defendant in ANOTHER case, IMHO it is just as likely to rule that it would be a confict-of-interest.
It depends on the details of the case. In general, the same lawyer can represent co-defendants. However, this is not the case if there is a conflict of interest (for example, if the prosecution wants to offer one defendant the opportunity to plead guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for testifying against the other). In that case, the judge would likely order the lawyer to represent only one defendant and another lawyer would have to be found for the other defendant.
That depends on which country we're talking about. In some countries, a lawyer will be assigned to the defendant.
An attorney can represent you in court HOWEVER - YOU are the defendant and whether you are represented or not, you MUST attend and MUST be physically present in court.
You would be better off getting a new lawyer. It is your right to be satisfied with your lawyer. You can tell your lawyer that you are not satisfied with his representation and that you want a different lawyer.
I'll consider this to be a vague question. If I had to rewrite the question, I'd put it this way: "In a court of law if a defendant is represented by his/her lawyer or attorney, then what is the opposite of the defendant's lawyer?" The answer in this case would be the prosecutor, also an attorney/lawyer, but with opposite goals.
take it to court Answer You find a lawyer to represent you and he or she files the case.
Yes. It is legal for a pro se defendant to contact the plaintiff's lawyer. If you have Shepherdized the law and have relevant case law in answer to his brief, you probably should inform him of that material.
The state in which the alleged incident occurred.
The job of a defense lawyer (in a criminal case) is simply to represent the person being accused in court.
In the courtroom, the defendant remains quiet and poised and allows their lawyer to do their job. Otherwise, the defendant should do exactly as the lawyer asks. Outside the court, the defendant's job is to convey and explain all the facts related to a case to their lawyer, and not to speak about the matter with anyone else unless the lawyer says so. Also, the defendant must show up to court when they are ordered. Defendants may also act as their own attorneys with the consent of the judge, in which case they have a very big job. This is called pro se representation, and it is on the rise in the US, according to the National Center for State Courts.
The answer to your question, in short, is yes..with one condition. If the judge could demonstrate that the defendant was mentally incompetent, then he/she could intervene and override the defendant's right to choice of counsel, providing it was in the best interest of the defendant to do so. However, I am quite sure that the judge presiding over this case would have had to have made this finding, if indeed there was one, clear to both parties in the case.
They most certainly cannot do so. It would be a conflict of interest.
In a criminal law case there are 6 parties involved. These parties include the victim, the defendant or suspect, the defense attorney, the prosecutor, the judge, and the jury.