In Collection: Courtroom sketches (View all 74)

Charles Manson testifying during a trial for the Sharon Tate and the LaBianca murders (1970)

Arnold Mesches (American, 1923 – 2016)

Chair of the Senate Watergate Committee, Senator Sam J. Ervin, holding bat labeled “Constitution of we?” while pointing at a man (John Ehrlichman) sitting at a school desk (1973)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Overhead view of courtroom (1988)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Sirhan B. Sirhan entering a courtroom, possibly for arraignment, for the assassination of Democratic Party presidential candidate, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California (1968)

Arnold Mesches (American, 1923 – 2016)

Television news cameraman with umbrella over the camera during the Pueblo hearings in Coronado, California (1969)

Arnold Mesches (American, 1923 – 2016)

Overhead view of courtroom for the Patty Hearst trial, San Francisco, California (1976)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

News and television cameras, perhaps related to the Senate Watergate hearings (1973)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Defense lawyers Walter Bonner, John E. Sprizzo, and Peter E. Fleming, Jr., standing behind the defense table while U.S. Assistand District Attorney John Wing stands in front, arguing motions (1974)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Prosecution lawyer giving the closing argument during the court martial of Bowe Bergdahl, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas (2015)

Brigitte Woosley (American, 20th Century)

Judge Leval questions jurors as selection proceeds (1984)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Nancy Borko A.D.A. asks questions of child on stand with doll to demonstrate “How many times did he do that to you?” (1985)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Darlie Lynn Routier, lawyer, judge and others during her trial for murder of her son (1996)

Brigitte Woosley (American, 20th Century)

Housing court, 2nd floor, 141 Livingston St., Brooklyn

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Judge Stephen Crane charges the jury (1985)

Joseph Papin (American, 1931 – 1992)

Defendant Oprah Winfrey testifying during a civil case brought against her by the Texas Beef Industry (1998)

Brigitte Woosley (American, 20th Century)