State v. Woodruff

On 3 December 1980, a masked man, later identified as the defendant, entered the residence of Ernestine Mobley in Thomas-ville, North Carolina. In the house at the time of entry were Mrs. Mobley, an invalid in her eighties, and Mrs. Aiken. Mrs. Aiken and Mrs. Winslow, who arrived shortly thereafter, were nurses employed to care for Mrs. Mobley.

Defendant, a young white man, wearing a face mask, threatened Mrs. Aiken and Mrs. Mobley with a gun. He advised Mrs. Aiken that he was an ex-convict, needed money to get out of town, and would kill her if necessary. The invalid, Mrs. Mobley, was only…