A Broward judge dismissed a second-degree murder charge Thursday against an Orlando woman accused of shooting and killing her boyfriend in North Lauderdale in 2017.
Satoya Johnson, 36, was arrested in March 2018 and served a brief time in jail before being released on a $60,000 bond, but the prospect of a life sentence on a second-degree murder charge hung over her head the entire time.
Johnson was charged with killing Alton Montina , 30, on Oct. 28, 2017, in his apartment in North Lauderdale, but she claimed self-defense from the start. On Thursday, Broward Circuit Judge Barbara Duffy agreed…