Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit December 7, 1972, 72-1275 (Harold Gene McAnulty v. United States)

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Harold Gene MeAnulty, petitioned the district court under 28 U.S. C. § 2255 to vacate a six-year prison sentence which he was serving for theft of property from an interstate shipment in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. MeAnulty asserted that the sentencing judge had given explicit consideration to three pri- or felony convictions which were allegedly invalid under Gideon v.