On the first day of the proceeding, Kellestine gave reporters the finger and swore at a courtroom artist.

A screen hides the jury from the courtroom artists, the television cameras and half the spectators.

Lignante was better known as one of the leading courtroom artists for network television.

Sketches by a courtroom artist made him look more youthful than his age would suggest, so he had his underlings buy some of them.

"He was fascinating to draw," said Ms. Cornell, a courtroom artist.

Ms. Cornell, who received a formal art education, said being a courtroom artist allowed her to draw from life, which is what she loves to do.

The courtroom artists who work for television networks were forbidden by the judge to sketch her face.

But now, after years of change in other states, technology and the law are catching up with New York's courtroom artists.

Immediately after the war, he served as a courtroom artist at the Nuremberg trials.

Others have seemed more interested in the courtroom artists than the action on the witness stand.