State v. Moseley

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant was tried for the first-degree murder of Dorothy Louise Woods Johnson. The State’s evidence showed that Ms. •Johnson went to the SRO, a country-western dance club in Winston- Salem, on the evening of 12 April 1991. Ms. Johnson lived with her parents, and when she did not return home, they called the Sheriff’s Department and reported Ms. Johnson missing. Defendant was also at the SRO on 12 April 1991, and he and Ms. Johnson had talked and danced together during the evening. Ms. Johnson was last seen alive at the SRO Club.

Ms. Johnson’s naked body was found the next day,…