The justices issued a brief order declining to intervene, offering no explanation for their decision. Republican-appointed Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh said they would have granted Trump’s request.

The evening decision follows the New York Court of Appeals’ rejection earlier in the day of Trump’s bid to postpone the proceedings. Trump was convicted last May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to hush money payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued in its response to the Supreme Court that Trump’s claim of immunity as president-elect was “unprecedented” and “unsupported by any decision from any court.” Bragg’s prosecutors maintained that the sentencing posed no legal or constitutional burden on Trump’s transition to office.

“This extraordinary immunity claim is unsupported by any decision from any court,” Bragg’s office wrote in its filing. “It is axiomatic that there is only one President at a time.”

Trump is scheduled to appear virtually before New York Judge Juan Merchan on Friday at 9:30, according to a brief from Bragg earlier this week indicating the president would not be in person.

Despite facing up to four years in prison, Merchan has indicated that Trump will likely receive an unconditional discharge, imposing no prison time, fines, or probation. This outcome would allow Trump to focus on his transition to office while marking a symbolic conclusion to the case.