A new lawyer has been appointed for a man accused of a knifepoint carjacking in Red Deer earlier this year.
Denise Lightning of Hobbema has taken over as defence counsel for Duane Karl Luz, 43, who has parted company with two lawyers since his arrest on Jan. 17.
Red Deer City RCMP allege that Luz used a knife to force a mother and a small child out of their vehicle and then drove off. He was arrested at the north end of the city by police who allege that the vehicle he was driving collided with two police cars.
Luz is charged with numerous offences, including theft, robbery, fleeing police, dangerous driving, assaulting a police officer with a weapon and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public.
He has remained in custody at the Red Deer Remand Centre with representation by a series of lawyers, including Patty MacNaughton, Kevin Schollie and duty counsel Murray Shack.
In court on Wednesday, Lightning said she had just received his files and asked that she be allowed more time to review them before counselling her client.
Luz is due back in court on July 12.