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Ex parte Howard Lee
303 U.S. 624·Supreme Court of the United States·1938
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Opinion
No. —, original.
Ex parte Howard Lee.
March 7, 1938.
[MAJORITY]
The motion for leave to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied without prejudice to appropriate application for review of the judgment of the Supreme Court of California on writ of certiorari or appeal. Urquhart v. Brown, 205 U. S. 179, 182, 183.