Blue Sky L. Rep. P 72,098 Pete J. Buffo v. Charles A. Graddick, Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Respondent

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Petitioner Buffo, a California real estate appraiser, was convicted of aiding and abetting Vanguard Security Life Insurance Co., an Alabama corporation, in a securities fraud in violation of § 8-6-17 Ala.Code (1975). He was fined $4000 and sentenced to three years imprisonment. His conviction was reversed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, which found there was no evidence to support the jury’s conclusion that Buffo had conspired with Vanguard or had known of the fraud. Buffo v. State, 415 So.2d 1146 (Ala.Crim.App.1981). The Alabama Supreme Court reversed and…