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2011 California Code
Penal Code
PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000 - 10007]
CHAPTER 5. Trials of Prisoners
Section 4701
CA Penal Code § 4701 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
The jurisdiction of a criminal action for escaping from any State prison is in any county of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 106.)
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