Mackenzie Shirilla’s Lawyers Ask Federal Court to Throw Out Murder Conviction, Order New Trial
Her lawyers say trial counsel missed evidence, including texts and a POTS diagnosis, while challenging the coroner’s ruling and appeal deadline.
- On Tuesday, July 28, Mackenzie Shirilla filed a federal habeas corpus petition seeking to overturn her 2023 murder conviction, arguing her constitutional rights were violated during the original trial.
- Shirilla was convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years to life after driving her Toyota Camry into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio, in July 2022, killing boyfriend Dominic Russo and friend Davion Flanagan.
- Attorneys for Shirilla now argue her original legal team provided ineffective counsel by failing to introduce evidence of her postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and testimony about a grocery package pickup near the crash site.
- Previous appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court were rejected, leaving Shirilla incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville while her new legal team contends evidence was wrongfully excluded at trial.
- Federal habeas petitions rarely succeed for non-death penalty convictions, though Shirilla maintains she is not a murderer with her first parole hearing scheduled for September 2037.
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The Independent (US)Mackenzie Shirilla argues trial for killing two friends violated her rights
The filing criticizes Shirilla’s original legal team for omitting key evidence, including medical records showing a condition that could cause sudden loss of consciousness
Mackenzie Shirilla Killed Two Teens in a 100-Mile-Per-Hour Crash. Now She’s Trying to Overturn Her Conviction.
Mackenzie Shirilla was convicted of murder in 2023 for intentionally crashing her car into a building to kill her boyfriend Dominic Russo and his friend Davion Flanagan. Her crime is explored in the Netflix documentary “The Crash.”
Where Mackenzie Shirilla Is Now After Killing Dominic Russo, Davion Flanagan in 100 MPH Car Crash
Mackenzie Shirilla maintains the 2022 car crash that killed her boyfriend Dominic Russo and friend Davion Flanagan was an accident. Netflix's The Crash unpacks how she ended up in prison for murder.
Mackenzie Shirilla’s legal team demands new trial, files petition to toss murder conviction
A new attorney for ‘The Crash’ subject Mackenzie Shirilla has filed a federal challenge to her 2023 murder conviction on a number of grounds, including ineffective counsel.
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