Editing Killing of Chandra Levy (section)

===Sentencing and appeals===
On February 1, 2011, Guandique's attorneys requested a [[new trial]] on the grounds that the verdict had been improperly attained. The 17-page filing claimed that the prosecutors had appealed to the emotions of the jury, using "references to facts not in evidence".<ref name="NBCDC-20110202-trial">{{cite news|last=Gresko|first=Jessica|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Guandique-Wants-New-Trial-in-Levy-Slaying-115150324.html|title=Guandique Wants New Trial in Levy Slaying|agency=[[WRC-TV]]|date=February 2, 2011|access-date=February 3, 2011|archive-date=January 29, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129180903/http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Guandique-Wants-New-Trial-in-Levy-Slaying-115150324.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The motion also alleged that one juror, who did not take notes, had breached the judge's instructions not to be "influenced by another juror's notes".<ref name="NBCDC-20110202-trial"/> The prosecution opposed a retrial, arguing that the issue regarding the notes was no more than a technicality that did not have a significant effect on the verdict.<ref name="Fox-20110208">{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Mike|title=Prosecutors seek life term for Chandra Levy killer|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/prosecutors-seek-life-term-for-chandra-levy-killer/|publisher=Fox News Channel|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=February 8, 2011|access-date=February 8, 2011|archive-date=February 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212131838/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/08/prosecutors-seek-life-term-chandra-levy-killer/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Guandique faced a minimum penalty of 30 years to a maximum of [[life imprisonment]] without the possibility of [[parole]].<ref name ="CNN-20101122-guilty"/><ref name ="MSNBC-20101122-guilty">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40317461|title=Guilty verdict in Chandra Levy murder case|work=[[NBC News]]|agency=Associated Press|date=November 22, 2010|access-date=November 22, 2010|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325095740/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40317461|url-status=live}}</ref> In seeking the maximum possible sentence, the prosecutors stated that Guandique "is unable to control himself and thus, will always remain a danger to women".<ref name="Fox-20110208"/> A memo submitted by the prosecution in February 2011 cited Guandique's harassment of female staff in prison, including soliciting a nurse and masturbating in front of guards.<ref name="Fox-20110208"/> Assistant U.S. Attorney Fernando Campoamor-Sanchez disclosed that he had traveled to El Salvador with a detective to investigate allegations that Guandique had fled his native country because of suspected attacks against local women dating back to 1999.<ref name="VancouverSun-20110208">{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Michael|title=Prosecutors seek life without parole for Chandra Levy's killer|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Prosecutors+seek+life+without+parole+Chandra+Levy+killer/4247029/story.html|newspaper=[[The Vancouver Sun]]|agency=[[The McClatchy Company]]|date=February 8, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2011}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> During the sentencing hearing on February 11, Guandique said to Levy's family, "I am sorry for what happened to your daughter", and insisted on his innocence. Before Judge Gerald Fisher reminded Susan Levy to address the court instead of the defendant, Levy said to him, "Did you really take her life? Look me in my eyes and tell me." Fisher denied Guandique's motion for retrial and handed down a sentence of 60 years in prison, stating that Guandique "will be a danger for some time. He's a sexual predator."<ref name="WP-20110211-prison">{{cite news|last=Alexander|first=Keith L.|title=Guandique, Chandra Levy's killer, gets 60 years in prison|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021103591.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|pages=1–2|date=February 11, 2011|access-date=February 11, 2011|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203643/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021103591.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Guandique repeated his innocence during his sentencing. He has maintained his innocence in the years since the trial.<ref name="AbcNewsJan2013SecretHearing">{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/secret-hearings-case-chandra-levy-slaying-18311786 |title=Secret Hearings in Case of Chandra Levy Slaying - ABC News |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=January 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128074743/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/secret-hearings-case-chandra-levy-slaying-18311786 |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On February 25, 2011, public defender James Klein filed an appeal of Guandique's conviction with the [[District of Columbia Court of Appeals]]. In December 2012 and January 2013, a set of secret hearings were made known to the public, but the subject of the meetings was sealed by the judge.<ref name="AbcNewsJan2013SecretHearing"/><ref name="NbcUSNewsJan2013SecretHearing">{{Cite news | url = http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698740-secret-hearings-held-in-killing-of-washington-intern-chandra-levy?lite | title = Secret hearings held in killing of Washington intern Chandra Levy | work = [[NBC News]] | date = January 25, 2013 | access-date = January 25, 2013 | archive-date = January 27, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130127171302/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/25/16698740-secret-hearings-held-in-killing-of-washington-intern-chandra-levy?lite | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/chandra-levy-murder-conviction-may-be-in-doubt/2013/01/25/35ebd9da-66f8-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_video.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Chandra Levy murder conviction may be in doubt | date=January 25, 2013 | access-date=December 22, 2018 | archive-date=January 28, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128190111/http://www.washingtonpost.com/chandra-levy-murder-conviction-may-be-in-doubt/2013/01/25/35ebd9da-66f8-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_video.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> After a third hearing in February, the judge in the case unsealed transcripts from the previous hearings which revealed that Klein was seeking a new trial based on new evidence in the case.<ref name="HuffingtonPostFeb2013A">{{Cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/ingmar-guandique-new-trial-chandra-levy_n_2719319.html |title=Ingmar Guandique, Man Jailed For Killing Chandra Levy, Could Get New Trial |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=February 27, 2013 |archive-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222042645/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/ingmar-guandique-new-trial-chandra-levy_n_2719319.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A fourth hearing was scheduled for April 2013.<ref name="HuffingtonPostFeb2013A"/>