Lipps sentenced Mays to a minimum of two years in a juvenile correctional facility.
Mays and Richmond are being tried before visiting Judge Tom Lipps, without a jury.
Both Mays and Richmond must undergo treatment and will have to register as sex offenders, Lipps ruled.
Judge Lipps also ruled the non-jury trial would be open to the public.
Mays and Richmond were tried before Lipps, a visiting judge, without a jury.
Judge Thomas Lipps rejected arguments by defence lawyers that witnesses could face intimidation or harassment outside the courthouse in Steubenville.
The teens testified only after Lipps, who is presiding over the trial without a jury, granted them immunity from prosecution.
Lipps, who was hearing the case without a jury, also found Mays guilty of disseminating a nude photo of a minor.
The two teens testified only after Lipps, who is presiding over the trial without a jury, granted them immunity from prosecution.
DeWine's announcement of the grand jury came shortly after Judge Thomas Lipps found Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, guilty of rape.
Lipps said he would postpone a hearing into which sexual offender registration category they will be classified until the end of their incarceration.
Mays and Richmond were determined to be delinquent, the juvenile equivalent of guilty, Lipps ruled in the juvenile court trial without a jury.
The Department of Youth Services will rule whether the two boys will be detained longer, Lipps said, adding it will depend on their behavior and rehabilitation.
The request for the subpoenas came through Ohio Judge Thomas Lipps, after defense attorneys filed motions with him asking that the three witnesses appear at the trial.
Special Judge Thomas Lipps recommended the boys be assigned to Lighthouse Youth Center-Paint Creek in Chillicothe which he said has a strong program for treating juvenile sex offenders.
The trial, which is likely to stretch into the weekend, is moving quickly to accommodate the schedule of visiting Judge Thomas Lipps, who is presiding over the trial without a jury.
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