Attorneys for the man accused of killing Chandra Levy called witnesses against their client “unbelievable, self-serving informants” and “jailhouse snitches” at his arraignment in D.C. Superior Court on Thursday.

“We look forward to trying the case before unbiased jurors who will not rush to judgment,” said Santha Sonenberg, one of the lawyers representing Ingmar Guandique, who made his first court appearance in the District after being charged with first-degree murder in the May 2001 killing of the former federal intern.