Before we begin a warning, this episode contains material that may be upsetting to some listeners.

The facts of the case in State V. Johnson as described by the alleged victim are as follows.

She was 32 years old. She was a nurse's aide at Talmadge Memorial Hospital.

She says she left work alone on the evening of January 26th at 11pm.

While she was getting in her car, the accused Nathaniel Johnson seized her and threatened to kill her if she did not get into his car.

She got away, screamed for help, he caught her.

She told him to take her money and leave her alone, but he replied, I don't want money, I want you.

The victim's description of what happened that night is very graphic. It goes on for several pages.

I'm giving you an abridged version, but it's still very disturbing, so please keep that in mind.

As you'll see, understanding exactly what the defendant was accused of in this instance is crucial.

She got away and ran screaming onto the lawn of the hospital, where he once again caught her and dragged her to his car.

He knocked her down, repeatedly slapped her in the face and told her to shut up or you'd kill her.

Johnson placed his knee on her chest, pinning her down, put his hand on her throat into the trachea and kept bearing down on it, telling her to quit screaming.

He closed her nostrils with his other hand and since she could not get air, she lost consciousness.

When she came to, she realized that she was in the back of a moving automobile.

He finally stopped his car on a dirt road, pushed her out onto the ground and raped her.

He took a shot of whiskey and asked her if she drank. She replied that she did not, that she was a Sunday school teacher.

He raped her a second time.

They drove back into town, he took her wallet, wrote down her name, address, telephone number and her husband's name on a piece of paper and put it in his pocket.

Pictures taken of the victim immediately after the assault and placed in evidence without objection, I'm quoting now,

shows several severe scratches and bruises on her face, head and throat.

And testimony offered by the state shows that her clothing was badly torn and bloody.

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