Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Oscar Rodriguez, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-02-19
Citations: 91 N.Y.2d 912
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Oscar Rodriguez, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 912–912

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Oscar Rodriguez, Appellant.
Submitted November 17, 1997;
decided February 19, 1998

Opinion:
Motion for leave to appeal denied. The Court of Appeals restates the rule that denial of a motion for leave to appeal is not equivalent to an affirmance and has no precedential value (see, e.g., Matter of Marchant v Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co., 252 NY 284, 297-298). Motion for poor person relief dismissed as academic.