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Ohio Supreme Court Declines Mackenzie Shirilla's Appeal for New Trial in Murder Case
Justices said the trial court lacked authority to excuse the one-day delay and rejected claims tied to a leap-year filing error.
- On Tuesday, June 23, 2026, the Ohio Supreme Court declined to review Mackenzie Shirilla's post-conviction appeal, ruling the petition was filed late and the trial court lacked jurisdiction to excuse the delay.
- Attorneys for Shirilla missed the filing deadline by one day because they failed to account for 2024 being a leap year, according to court records obtained by WOIO-19.
- Evidence presented by prosecutors showed the 2022 crash killing Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan was intentional, citing surveillance video and vehicle "black box" data showing the car traveling nearly 100 miles per hour.
- Despite a new appeal filed on April 27, 2026, arguing the deadline should start later due to a separate transcript, the Justices ruled those arguments did not meet required exceptions.
- Serving a 15 years sentence after her 2023 conviction, Shirilla remains in prison with her first parole hearing scheduled for 2037.
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Ohio Supreme Court denies murder conviction appeal from 'The Crash' subject Mackenzie Shirilla
The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a judgment made by an appeals court in March to deny Mackenzie Shirilla's plea for a new trial, noting her attorneys filed the request a single day past the appointed deadline.
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