Trump's appeal will still be heard, and Merchan will rely on the appeals court to overturn the conviction on the grounds of misapplication of the law (bootstrapping dead misdemeanors into felonies) before Trump leaves office, and before Trump would have to serve the sentence.
I also think that the appeals court will overturn Engoron's unconstitutional fine on the grounds of misapplication of the law (using consumer protection laws) when no parties were harmed and business was conducted in a manner that was normal to the industry. They might also find that the fine was excessive and that by not having a jury trial the finding that the valuation of Mar-a-Lago was overstated was arbitrary and capricious and went against expert opinion of the value of real estate on the Florida coastline.
-PJ
Good predictions
All cases will be dropped. The purpose was to stop him from being elected. Didn’t work. Now, they’re all in the hot seat.