Appeals court rejects Donald Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off
The Republican was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Prosecutors acknowledged there should be some accommodation for his upcoming presidency, but they insisted the conviction should stand.
The hush money case was the only one of Trump’s four criminal indictments to go to trial.
A jury convicted Trump in May of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels.
Trump’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal with the state’s high court on May 15, during the former president’s landmark criminal trial.
Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records at his company in connection with an alleged scheme.
Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, charges which are punishable by up to four years in prison.
He pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records, charges which are punishable by up to four years in prison.
Closing arguments, jury instructions and maybe a verdict? Major week looms in Trump hush money trial
Testimony in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses. That means the case heads into the pivotal final stretch of closing arguments, jury deliberations and possibly a verdict.
The case is the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president and the first of four prosecutions of Trump to reach a jury.