New York's top court denies Trump's bid to halt sentencing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The sentencing hearing is set for 10 days before Trump is due to be sworn in for his second term as president.
53% : They also argue that, as president-elect, Trump is immune from prosecution during the period between his November election victory and his inauguration.
39% : In urging the justices to halt Trump's sentencing, his lawyers argued as president-elect, Trump is immune from prosecution "in the brief but crucial period" between his November election victory and his inauguration.
36% : Any substantial delay would likely mean Trump would not be sentenced before his Jan. 20 inauguration.
34% : The state court's decision was a setback for Trump, who now must pin his hopes of freezing the case at the nation's top judicial body, where his lawyers have made a similar emergency bid to avoid the sentencing, set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. (1430 GMT) in a Manhattan court.
30% : Trump was found guilty last May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence before the 2016 U.S. election about a sexual encounter she has said she had with Trump a decade earlier, which he has denied.
27% : Trump has asked for proceedings in the criminal case to stop as he seeks an appeal to resolve questions of presidential immunity following a Supreme Court ruling last July that granted former presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution for their official acts.
24% : Trump is the first former U.S. president to be criminally prosecuted and the first former president convicted of a crime.
24% : Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
17% : Trump also asks US Supreme Court to delay sentencing * Trial judge has signaled no prison sentence for Trump (Adds sentencing hearing time in second paragraph) By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) -

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