Crime Crime News Courts & Trials Donald Trump Seeks to Overturn New York Conviction After Supreme Court's Immunity Ruling On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump cannot be prosecuted over his "official" presidential acts, but the New York case largely centered around his unofficial conduct as a presidential candidate By Kimberlee Speakman Kimberlee Speakman Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Forbes and she has also worked in broadcast television as a reporter for Hawaii-based news station KHON2 News. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on July 2, 2024 11:59AM EDT Close Donald Trump attends the first day of his Manhattan criminal trial on April 15, 2024. Photo: Angela Weiss - Pool/Getty Former President Donald Trump is challenging the guilty verdict in his New York criminal trial after the Supreme Court ruled that he is partially immune from prosecution, according to news sources. Trump’s lawyers sent a letter to Judge Juan Merchan which challenged the verdict based on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, and asked the judge to delay Trump’s sentencing on July 11 while he considers their request, according to the Associated Press, CNN and WABC-TV. In the letter, his lawyers argued that there was evidence provided by prosecutors in the trial that involved Trump's official presidential acts and should not have been used to make the case, per the outlets. Trump’s lawyers and representatives did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Sonia Sotomayor Pens Fearful Dissent in Trump Immunity Case, Saying Decision Makes Him ‘King Above the Law’ The current U.S. Supreme Court, which gave U.S. presidents unchecked power in landmark immunity ruling on July 1. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty This comes after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump is immune from being charged for "official" presidential acts, though he is not immune from prosecution for "unofficial" actions he took, or anything he did before and after his presidential term. "The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official," the court's syllabus reads. "But under our system of separated powers, the President may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for his official acts." This means that some of Trump's federal Jan. 6 charges, which centered around actions he took in his official capacity as president, may need to be dropped or reworked, according to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Says Donald Trump Is Partially Immune from Prosecution: What That Means for His Jan. 6 Charges Donald Trump leaves the Manhattan courthouse after he was found guilty of falsifying records to conceal a conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 election. Mark Peterson / POOL / AFP/ Getty The Supreme Court's ruling does not seem to apply to Trump's New York case on the whole, which focused on Trump's actions as a presidential candidate and his personal finances during his first year in office. He was convicted of 34 felony counts in May, when a Manhattan jury sided with prosecutors in determining that Trump falsified business records to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election. Every Crime Donald Trump Has Been Charged With, Explained The former president has been indicted in three other criminal cases, which deal with his alleged election subversion attempts after he lost to Joe Biden in 2020, and his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House. Those cases are unlikely to go to trial before the November election following a series of delays prompted by Trump's legal team. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.