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| Manuel Aquino-Villaman |
AURORA | An Aurora doctor accused of doling out bogus medical marijuana recommendations pleaded not guilty Monday.
Manuel Aquino-Villaman, 70, is scheduled to go on trial in August.
According to an arrest affidavit filed against Aquino-Villaman, two separate Aurora police officers went to his office undercover to obtain medical marijuana recommendations, the first in February 2010 and the second in April 2010.
Aquino-Villaman’s lawyer has said the doctor acted appropriately when he recommended medical marijuana for the two officers and that, based on what the officers told the doctor, they should have qualified for medical marijuana.
Aquino-Villaman was charged with attempting to influence a public servant, namely the director of the state’s medical marijuana registry, and with forgery, alleging he falsified the medical marijuana recommendation.
Prosecutors said last year they planned to charge him with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, but it wasn’t immediately clear Monday if that charge has been formally filed.
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