Co-defendants in criminal cases may employ the same law firm.

Legal analysis: No * * same crime can be divided into general crime and special crime, that is, criminal group. General * * * crime refers to a relatively fixed criminal organization composed of two or more intentional crimes and three or more joint crimes, which is a criminal group.

Legal basis: Article 25 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) refers to intentional crimes committed by two or more persons. If two or more people commit a negligent crime, they shall not be punished as negligent crimes; Those who should bear criminal responsibility should be punished according to the crimes they committed.

Article 319th of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on the Application of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). If * * * needs to appeal with one party or some litigants, it shall be handled separately according to the following circumstances:

(a) the appeal only has the right and obligation to share opinions with the other party, and does not involve the interests of other litigants. The other party is the appellee, and the co-defendant who has not appealed is listed according to the status of the original trial;

(two) the complaint only has opinions on the distribution of rights and obligations between * * * and the litigants, and does not involve the interests of the other party. The same party who did not appeal is the appellee, and the other party is listed according to the status of the original lawsuit;

(3) If the appeal has any opinions on the rights and obligations between the two parties or between * * * and the litigants, the other parties who have not filed an appeal shall be the appellee.