Before his inauguration, Trump will receive a sentence for his conviction in the New York “hush money” case.

A New York judge decided Friday that Donald Trump will return to the courthouse before he leaves for the White House.

Ten days before his inauguration on January 20, Justice Juan Merchan will sentence Trump for his crimes on January 10 in a court proceeding that will be unprecedented in America’s 248-year history. The $130,000 alleged “hush money” payment that Trump’s then-attorney, Michael Cohen, made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days leading up to the 2016 election was the reason for his conviction in New York.

Fairness After two months of speculation, Juan Merchan’s decision comes to an end.

Trump became the first former president ever convicted of crimes in May, when a unanimous jury found him guilty in the New York case. Sentencing in the case was stalled for months as Trump campaigned for a return to the presidency. In November, he became the first person voted into the White House after a criminal conviction.

The president-elect had argued in a motion to dismiss that his ascension to the White House mandated his conviction be vacated. Merchan said Friday that it did not.

This court finds that neither the vacatur of the jury’s verdicts nor dismissal of the indictment are required by the Presidential immunity doctrine, the Presidential Transition Act or the Supremacy Clause,” Merchan wrote in his order Friday. CBSNews have the news in details