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They filed a second appeal on April 24, 2025. Judge Russo also denied this appeal due to it being filed untimely.
This misstates both the date and the filing type. Ohio court records say Shirilla filed a postconviction petition on October 24, 2024, and the trial court dismissed it as untimely on May 1, 2025.
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The March 12, 2026 opinion in State v. Shirilla, 2026-Ohio-830 says: "On October 24, 2024, Shirilla filed a petition for postconviction relief" and that "[t]he trial court dismissed the petition as time-barred on May 1, 2025." That directly contradicts the article's claim that a second appeal was filed on April 24, 2025.
A later Cleveland 19 report likewise states that Shirilla's lawyers missed the deadline and filed the post-conviction challenge on Oct. 24, 2024, not April 24, 2025. So the article appears to have confused a postconviction petition filed in October 2024 with later appellate activity in 2025–2026.
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- State v. Shirilla, 2026-Ohio-830
On October 24, 2024, Shirilla filed a petition for postconviction relief under R.C. 2953.21. ... The trial court dismissed the petition as time-barred on May 1, 2025.
- Mackenzie Shirilla asks Ohio Supreme Court to review case after appeal missed by one day, attorneys say
Prosecutors say Shirilla's deadline started Oct. 23, 2023, and that her attorneys filed late on Oct. 24, 2024. Shirilla's new attorneys filed another appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court on April 27, 2026.
Shirilla has appealed her conviction three times as of 2026, each time unsuccessfully.
As of June 24, 2026, this count is outdated. Court records and local reporting show a fourth unsuccessful appeal effort was filed on April 27, 2026 and declined by the Ohio Supreme Court on June 23, 2026.
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By the current date in 2026, the article's count of three unsuccessful appeals is no longer accurate.
The record shows at least these unsuccessful appellate attempts:
- Direct appeal: the Eighth District affirmed Shirilla's convictions on September 26, 2024.
- Ohio Supreme Court review of that appeal: Cleveland 19 reports that Shirilla's legal team filed in the Ohio Supreme Court in February 2025, and the court declined to hear it in April 2025.
- Appeal from dismissal of postconviction petition: the Eighth District again affirmed on March 12, 2026.
- Ohio Supreme Court review of that postconviction appeal: Cleveland 19 reports Shirilla filed another appeal on April 27, 2026, and the Ohio Supreme Court declined review on June 23, 2026.
So, as of June 24, 2026, the total is at least four unsuccessful appellate attempts, not three.
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- State v. Shirilla, 2024-Ohio-4674
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED ... RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: September 26, 2024.
- Mackenzie Shirilla’s appeal in double murder of boyfriend, friend denied
In February 2025, Shirilla’s legal team filed for appeal in the Ohio Supreme Court, and in April, it declined to hear the case.
- State v. Shirilla, 2026-Ohio-830
JUDGMENT: AFFIRMED ... RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: March 12, 2026.
- Ohio Supreme Court declines to review Mackenzie Shirilla's case
Shirilla's new attorneys filed another appeal with the Ohio Supreme Court on April 27, 2026 ... The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday declined a request to review Mackenzie Shirilla's post-conviction appeals.