People v. Johnson

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aiello, J.), rendered March 20, 1990, convicting her of murder in the second degree (two counts) and arson in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends correctly that the expert testimony of a Fire Marshal as to the cause of the fire at the complainant’s home usurped the jury’s function (see, People v Abreu, 114 AD2d 853, 854). The Fire Marshal testified that his findings were "consistent with” a bottle of flammable liquid being thrown…