Carl Harold McFarland v. G. W. Pickett, Warden United States Penitentiary, Marion, Illinois

Petitioner pleaded guilty to three counts of an information. Count II charged him with engaging in the 'business of dealing in firearms without a license in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (a)(1), and Counts III and IV charged him with concealing and storing stolen firearms moving in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(j). Each of the latter two counts involved the concealment of a separate weapon. McFarland was sentenced to a maximum term of fifteen years on September 29, 1969. On January 20, 1970, petitioner’s sentence was modified and he received a total of ten years, composed…