Ex Parte East

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Circuit Court of Blount County ordering it to vacate its November 27, 1990, order denying a motion to quash an indictment against the petitioner, William David East, and to enter an order quashing the indictment. We deny the writ.

East was indicted in Blount County, Alabama, on four counts of conspiring with John Albert DeCastro Day to violate the Alabama Securities Act, Ala. Code 1975, § 8-6-17(1) and (3). The indictment charged as follows:

"[East] willfully and unlawfully, in connection with the offer purchase or sale of a security, to-wit:

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