The trial is being held in a makeshift courtroom to accommodate the large number of news reporters.

In the makeshift courtroom on this winter night, he was warmly sympathetic to a woman who had forgotten to put the registration sticker on her windshield.

Yet the name is not always true to the way these 2,200 judgeships in sometimes makeshift courtrooms do business.

A country lawyer, he argued in makeshift courtrooms in schools, churches and, as he later recalled, a barn.

Faced with a rising caseload, the court has resorted to holding hearings in makeshift courtrooms the size of broom closets, the study notes.

In some ways, Ohno is still on trial, with the Olympic oval as his next makeshift courtroom.

Hundreds of people accused of taking part in the religious riots are now on trial in makeshift courtrooms here.

A lip-reader had to hunch over Michael's bed, discern what he was saying, and repeat his testimony to the makeshift courtroom.

The trial, which began in October 1987, was held in a makeshift courtroom at a former high school gymnasium to accommodate all the lawyers.

The makeshift courtroom is heavily guarded but nearly empty, with only three relatives of defendants permitted to attend as spectators.