Prosecutors Urge Court to Reject Ray Martinez and Jenifer O’Neal Bids for Acquittal and New Trial

Federal prosecutors are urging the court to reject post-conviction attempts by former Police Commissioner Ray Martinez and former Office of Management and Budget Director Jenifer O’Neal to overturn their convictions or secure a new trial, arguing that the jury’s guilty verdicts were fully supported by the evidence presented in court. In filings responding to both defendants, prosecutors said the government’s case did not rest on uncorroborated testimony, but on a wider body of records, documents, recorded conversations, wire transfers, invoices, and conduct that, they argue, established an ongoing corrupt arrangement involving inflated invoices, personal benefits, and official action. As to Mr. Martinez, prosecutors said his motion for acquittal rests on three flawed claims, beginning with the argument that cooperating witness David Whitaker’s criminal background made the government’s case legally insufficient. Prosecutors said that argument fails because Whitaker’s account was “co...