NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s effort to stop his sentencing from going ahead Friday, leaving the matter in the hands of the Supreme Court. In a letter to Trump’s attorney,

New York’s highest appeals court declined to block Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as Trump's likely last option.

New York's highest court has rejected Donald Trump's latest bid to halt this Friday's sentencing hearing in his criminal hush-money case.

Manhattan Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan denied a defense request to stay sentencing pending appeal. The defense team is now asking a mid-level appeals court to find the judge does not have the jurisdiction to issue rulings on presidential immunity matters.

New York's top court rejected on Thursday Donald Trump's request to halt the president-elect's sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, with a decision on a possible delay now in the hands of the U.

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday over his felony conviction in a hush money case. The justices "should order an immediate stay of criminal proceedings against President Trump in the New York trial court,

New York's top court rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to delay his sentencing Friday for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a court official said on Thursday.