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Convicted “hell on wheels” killer Mackenzie Shirilla’s latest appeal for a new trial was rejected by the Ohio Supreme Court.
The legal blow to Shirilla – who’s serving 15 years to life for crashing her sedan into a building, killing her boyfriend and a close pal in July 2022 – was handed down Tuesday.
“Upon consideration of the jurisdictional memoranda filed in this case, the court declines to accept jurisdiction of the appeal,” read the ruling.
Shirilla was found guilty of double murder in 2023. Her first appeal for a new trial was also denied.
The 21-year-old’s lawyers had argued, in their latest appeal, that Shirilla suffers from a “pre-existing medical condition” that could be to blame for her blacking out before the fatal wreck in northeast Ohio.
The killer’s attorneys argued that her past defense team failed to investigate or back up the alleged pre-existing condition with expert testimony.
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