So that does answer my question unfortunately. This does look to be similar to what might happen in Trump’s case:
- He was convicted, and ordered to prison (in February)
- Before that date he was able to appeal
- The appeal court cancelled the original order, allowing him to stay out of prison
- He lost his appeal, but then appealed to SCOTUS. Who also allowed him to stay out of prison during the appeal.
- He won in the SCOTUS and the conviction was vacated.
Though it does seem like the primary reason for that was the appeal courts did think there was a good grounds for appeal. That may or may not be the case for Trump (the hush money trial does seem to be a bit of stretch in terms of what he’s being charged with). And of course if the appellate judge is someone of Cannon’s ilk that won’t matter at all, plus they could try pushing the appeal directly to the SCOTUS.
two years works (although I may have the sentence length wrong):
Yeah its remarkably hard to see what the sentence was. It was originally 2 years but reduced prior to sentencing based on further evidence, but nowhere I’ve seen says what that new sentence was. Presumably not short enough that finishing his sentence before the appeal was a possibility, but maybe?