Now that Donald Trump has been convicted, what happens next?

Former President Donald Trump was convicted Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records, but that won't stop him from being able to run in the November election — and the case isn't over yet.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention, where he is expected to become the Republican Party's official nominee for president.

Before he can appeal the conviction, he must be sentenced by Judge Juan Merchan, according to Cheryl Bader, a law professor at Fordham University.

“The case is not considered complete until after sentencing. After sentencing, I am sure his team will file a notice of appeal and a briefing schedule will then be set,” Bader told ABC News.

“I'm sure he will seek appeals on a whole host of different issues raised during the trial, from jury selection to various evidentiary decisions,” Bader said.

Sentencing

Before sentencing, the Probation Department will be responsible for preparing a pre-sentence investigation, or probation report, for Merchan, which will include an interview with Trump. The report will provide Merchan with a sentencing recommendation, experts said.

The defense and prosecution will also submit their sentencing recommendations to the judge for consideration.

Some experts told ABC News that it is very unlikely that Trump will receive any prison time.

“I would be surprised if we saw a prison sentence,” Bader said. “He has no criminal record, it's a non-violent crime. He's at an age where people tend to age out of criminal conduct, and the logistical issues are significant here.”

“If he was sentenced to less than a year, normally he would be sent to Rikers Island, but that won't work in this case — and so there are logistical issues about where to house him — and a lot of political implications of the Republican candidate's incarceration, just before the election,” Bader said.

Bader also pointed out that Merchan did not send Trump to prison for his violations of the silence order issued against him in this case.

“I would be very surprised if we saw a prison sentence, and I think Judge Merchan raised his hand a little bit by telling former President Trump that he didn't want to send him to prison,” said Bader.

Bader said other sentencing options include community service or fines, but those could be logistically difficult or fail to achieve the goal of punishment in this case.

“If we didn't live in Trump world, the punishment would be the conviction itself. Most people who ran for president in the past would view 34 felony convictions as the death knell for their prospects,” Bader said .

Another expert said it was likely Trump would be sentenced to probation or parole, but acknowledged it was highly unlikely he would be sentenced to prison.

“He doesn't need to be supervised by the probation department. He should have what's called parole, which is a period of unsupervised probation where you don't report to anyone, to avoid the trouble,” the Cornell University law professor said. » said Randy Zelin.

His conviction could impact legal proceedings in the unlikely event he is sentenced to prison.

Any sentence that deviates from what legal experts expect could be because Trump has put the court in a “difficult position, because he mocks the justice system on a daily basis and shows absolutely no respect for the law “Zelin said.

“If the former president wasn't out there every day calling Judge Merchan corrupt, confrontational, horrible and badmouthing him and his daughter, I'd say it would be a no-brainer, he wouldn't “I'm not going to jail,” Zelin said.

How does an appeal take place?

Once convicted, the appeal process can begin.

“Once he is sentenced, it will be time to appeal — the clock is starting to tick — and he will have 30 days to file his notice of appeal and then a schedule will be sent to him for what is called “perfect” your appeal — and that's when you file your appeal briefs,” Randy Zelin said.

A notice of appeal – a court record indicating a person's intention to appeal – must also be mailed or given to the prosecutor.

“The case will then be remanded for oral argument before the Appellate Division,” Zelin said.

From there, it could be months before his case makes it to the Appellate Division, unless his lawyers submit emergency requests, in hopes of an appeal being heard before the election of November, Zelin said.

The defense would first appeal to the Appellate Division, First Department in Manhattan. If they lose this appeal, they could try to appeal to the Court of Appeals – New York's highest court – but that court will only hear a small percentage of the criminal appeals requested.

“I'm sure the former president will say that 'the appeal means nothing to me if it comes after the election, because if you end up throwing out these convictions, what good will it do me if I have already lost the elections?' '” Zelin said.