Wayne Carl Coleman v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent

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• concluding that prejudice could be presumed where pretrial publicity consisting of over 150 newspaper articles and various news broadcasts saturated a community of approximately 7,000
• concluding trial court's leading questions during voir dire did not overcome presumption of prejudice
• concluding trial court’s leading questions during voir dire did not overcome presumption of prejudice
• noting that “the presumptive prejudice standard ... is only ‘rarely’ applicable ... and is reserved for an ‘extreme situation’ ”
• finding presumed prejudice partially based on the widespread reporting of the county sheriffs statement that he would like to “pre-cook” the defendants in an oven before they were executed
• declining to apply the \cooling off\ rationale when there was evidence that the local emotions continued to run deep and the \cooling off\ period was marred by intense publicity immediately before the trial

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