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Pan with attorney Kevin Smith in court on June 2.
The criminal case against the man accused of murdering Yale grad student Kevin Jiang will be delayed yet another three months before advancing to a potential probable cause hearing.
That “development” was the result of a state court hearing Thursday that lasted 30 seconds.
At the hearing, Superior Judge Gerald Harmon set Sept. 6 as the date on which now-incarcerated former MIT artificial intelligence researcher Qinxuan Pan may return to court for a judgement on whether or not there was a valid basis for his arrest. Pan’s bond is currently set at $20 million.
The state charges that Pan killed 26-year-old Yale grad student Kevin Jiang near Jiang’s fiancee’s apartment on Lawrence Street in East Rock on Feb. 6, 2021.
Defense Attorney Kevin Smith, who is representing Pan, agreed to return in September and said he would later inform the court if his legal team chose to waive Pan’s right to the hearing and move forward with the case.
A potential probable cause hearing has been postponed again and again and again as Pan’s attorneys have requested more time to review evolving evidence and have been waiting to hear a decision from the state as to whether or not to keep Pan’s bond at $20 million.
Pan has not yet entered a plea in the case.
