Legal experts say the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump has reached a pivotal point with closing arguments set to start Tuesday before the case heads to the jury for deliberations.

“The closing arguments are very important. I mean, this is the opportunity for the lawyer for each side to stand up and to summarize the evidence and to argue what it shows to the jury,” Jessica Roth, a former federal prosecutor and professor at Cardozo School of Law, said during a “Mornings On 1” interview Tuesday.

Since early May, the trial has presented a stream of evidence, including documents, videos and witness testimonies spanning 17 days.

Criminal defense attorney Duncan Levin said the jurors have a lot to deliberate, predicting they “might take the week” before coming to a verdict.

“There are two main parts of this case. There's this conspiracy part that Donald Trump acted with Michael Cohen and David Pecker and the National Enquirer to subvert the election. There's that part of it, but the real meat and potatoes of the case is: Did Donald Trump cause Michael Cohen and Alan Weisselberg to falsify these business records? And so there are two sort of different pieces of it, and they're gonna have to consider all of that evidence,” said Levin, who also was interviewed on "Mornings On 1."

Roth outlined various sentencing options the judge could impose if Trump is convicted, including imprisonment.

“If in fact Donald Trump is convicted on any of these 34 counts, then the judge has a number of options. Imprisonment is authorized as a possible punishment. Also, the judge could impose a sentence of probation where Trump would be subject to certain conditions and have to report back to a probation officer. The judge could impose a conditional discharge, which would be less onerous than probation but also subject Donald Trump to conditions. He could impose a fine," he said. "So, there are a number of options that the judge could consider in deciding what an appropriate sentence would be here.”