In a four-page decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan explained that he based his decision on Trump's ongoing and planned legal challenges to his conviction.
This is not a decision this court makes lightly but it is a decision which in the court's view best advances the interests of justice.
The delay now robs the Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, of key fodder for attacking her Republican opponent in the final weeks of the campaign.
Trump faced anywhere from zero to four years behind bars for his May 30 conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
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