Couldn’t the appeals court drag the case past election while Merchan sentences Trump to jail on Jul 14th? This is my concern he will go to jail and wait for the appeal to be heard
If they file it with the NY appellate court, they won’t have to drag it out because the appellate court won’t be able to hear it for 6 to 12 months anyway. There is no way even this conflicted judge will sentence him to jail because it is the lowest grade felony, class E, in the books, just above a misdemeanor and Trump has no priors. His big problem is Secret Service would have to go to jail with him as he is an ex President. The logistics of that are impossible