Mackenzie Shirilla‘s lawyers requested that the Ohio Supreme Court reopen an appeal that had previously been denied due to a disagreement over the filing date. Prosecutors said the Eighth District Court of Appeals in Cuyahoga County denied a prior petition due to a calendar error. A dispute over filing deadlines and a leap-year calculation has now become central to Mackenzie Shirilla’s efforts to overturn her conviction. (Mackenzie Shirilla Facebook) Shirilla was convicted in 2023 of murdering her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and friend Davion Flanagan. Prosecutors asserted that in July 2022, she purposefully crashed a car into a structure in Strongsville, Ohio, at about 100 mph. She was given two consecutive life sentences with parole eligibility after 15 years on each conviction; in other words, she would typically not be eligible for parole until she had completed 30 years in prison. Read more: Mackenzie Shirilla’s chilling jail nickname revealed by ex-girlfriend after fatal crash case; ‘she’s not a good person’ What do we know about the Ohio Supreme Court appeal? The latest chapter in the case …