In a landmark case involving licensed Colorado marijuana retailers, the owners of the shuttered Sweat Leaf dispensary chain each were sentenced to one year in prison Friday for their role in selling large quantities of pot to the same customers in the same day.
Christian Johnson, Matthew Aiken and Anthony Sauro each pleaded guilty in Denver District Court to violating the Colorado Organized Crime Act and illegally selling and distributing marijuana. Their plea deals stipulated one year in prison, followed by one year of mandatory parole and one year probation, to be served concurrently.
“This was the culmination of a year-long investigation by Denver police and subsequent year-long investigation by a Denver grand jury,” lead prosecutor Kenneth Boyd told Judge Shelly Gillman Friday.
