People v. Rodriguez (91 N.Y.2d 912, 1998)

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.