Luong v. State

Reading the pervasive and sensational nature of the pretrial publicity in this case, as summarized by the Court of Criminal Appeals in Luong v. State, 199 So.3d 98, 102 (Ala.Crim.App.2013), and requoted near the end of Part I of Justice Parker’s dissenting opinion, 199 So.3d at 166-67, as *173well as the polling data'referenced by Justice Parker in support of that summary, 199 So.3d at 167, it is hard to imagine a case involving more extensive and more prejudicial publicity or a case that would more readily warrant a conclusion of presumed prejudice. By the same token, it is hard to imagine a…