Anyone familiar with courtroom sketches?

A grand jury only needs 9. But they're secret proceedings. Not sure illustrators allowed.

Debora

 

I've only been involved in one jury trial in Texas, a civil matter, and we had six jurors.

See: https://www.txcourts.gov/about-texas-courts/juror-information/basics-of-the-texas-judicial-system/ "While jury trials held in district court consist of 12 jurors, jury trials in county courts, probate courts, justice of the peace, and municipal courts consist of 6 jurors."

One of your characters could be a William Michael "Mike" Adkinson who made numerous court appearances around that time. Search terms that might get you further include Savings & Loan (S&L), land deal, fraud, money laundering, Houston and even arms, Iraq and Kuwait.

Higher quality photos and knowing which name belongs to the judge would probably help here.