Closing arguments in Levy death trial

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Who thinks this guy didn't do it? Personally, I think they need to go back and review all of the statements of her family, especially her aunt. I think Gary Condit had a lot more to do with her death than this guy. They really have flimsy evidence against this guy and had to drop SEVEN of the NINE counts during the trial because they couldn't back them up.

In D.C. Superior Court, Guandique's attorneys Sontha Sonenberg and Maria Hawilo questioned one of Guandique's former cellmates as part of their effort to discredit the only witness to link Guandique directly to Levy's killing.
Armando Morales testified last week that Guandique confessed he tried to rob Levy and then killed her. Morales said Guandique made the confession while the two were cellmates in a Kentucky prison.

But Monday, defense attorneys called another cellmate to the stand. Testifying via video conference from a Missouri prison, Jose Manuel Alaniz, 28, told attorneys that he shared a cell with Guandique and Morales when they were all housed in Kentucky in 2006.

Alaniz said that during the three months he was housed with Morales and Guandique, he never heard Guandique make such a confession - even though the three were locked in their tiny cell for all but one hour each week.

Alaniz also contradicted Morales's testimony about Guandique's mood when he learned he would be transferred to another prison.

Defense in Levy murder trial tries to undercut government's star witness