Many years ago when the Enron corporation was forced into bankruptcy, the Chairman Ken Lay was convicted on multiple counts of fraud. The government was attempting to recover the assets he improperly accumulated due to the fraud but prior to formal sentencing and an appeal, he died of a heart attack. His estate challenged the government's attempt to take his assets and after much litigation, it was ruled that he had a constitutional right to pursue at least the first level of appeal before the conviction was final and since he died before he had the opportunity to appeal the case was dismissed in its entirety and he died as an innocent man under law. This was an interesting case and many who lost their life savings were very upset that his widow walked away with around 50 million dollars they expected to recover. My memory of the details has faded but I believe the controlling issue was a person's right to complete the first level of appeal before conviction was final. That was a federal case and President Trump's case is at the state level but the Constitution is still applicable.