A New York state appeals court upheld decisions by two lower courts to reject efforts from a Democratic prosecutor in Manhattan to charge former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort with mortgage fraud, citing the state’s rules against double jeopardy prosecutions.

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore of the State of New York Court of Appeals quietly issued a short, one-page ruling last week denying New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s efforts to prosecute Manafort, who was pardoned of federal crimes by former President Donald Trump late last year.