Hit-and-run driver granted continuance

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Joel C. Hernandez, the man charged in an October hit-and-run accident that killed bicyclist Rachel Leek, appeared in court Wednesday and was granted a continuance until a January court date.

Hernandez, a 21-year-old Lawrence man, appeared before Douglas County District Judge Michael J. Malone alongside his lawyer and requested a continuance to sufficiently process the digital evidence provided by the state.

Hernandez’s attorney, Albert J. Lopes, said there were three discs of evidence, including more than 38 witness testimonies, and that he was having difficulty with some of the file formats.

Malone reminded Lopes that the Douglas County Law Library was equipped to open all file formats provided by the state, and set another preliminary hearing in the case for Jan. 6, 2010, at 9 a.m.

Hernandez was identified as a suspect about a week after the Oct. 16 accident that killed Leek, a 20-year-old former KU student.

Hernandez was booked into jail Nov. 19 on three charges — vehicular homicide, failure to report an accident and leaving the scene of an injury accident. He was released on a $5,000 bond that same day.

— Edited by Alicia Banister

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