Section 12022.1 Of Title 2. Sentence Enhancements From California Penal Code >> Title 2. >> Part 4.
12022.1
. (a) For the purposes of this section only:
(1) "Primary offense" means a felony offense for which a person
has been released from custody on bail or on his or her own
recognizance prior to the judgment becoming final, including the
disposition of any appeal, or for which release on bail or his or her
own recognizance has been revoked. In cases where the court has
granted a stay of execution of a county jail commitment or state
prison commitment, "primary offense" also means a felony offense for
which a person is out of custody during the period of time between
the pronouncement of judgment and the time the person actually
surrenders into custody or is otherwise returned to custody.
(2) "Secondary offense" means a felony offense alleged to have
been committed while the person is released from custody for a
primary offense.
(b) Any person arrested for a secondary offense that was alleged
to have been committed while that person was released from custody on
a primary offense shall be subject to a penalty enhancement of an
additional two years, which shall be served consecutive to any other
term imposed by the court.
(c) The enhancement allegation provided in subdivision (b) shall
be pleaded in the information or indictment which alleges the
secondary offense, or in the information or indictment of the primary
offense if a conviction has already occurred in the secondary
offense, and shall be proved as provided by law. The enhancement
allegation may be pleaded in a complaint but need not be proved at
the preliminary hearing or grand jury hearing.
(d) Whenever there is a conviction for the secondary offense and
the enhancement is proved, and the person is sentenced on the
secondary offense prior to the conviction of the primary offense, the
imposition of the enhancement shall be stayed pending imposition of
the sentence for the primary offense. The stay shall be lifted by the
court hearing the primary offense at the time of sentencing for that
offense and shall be recorded in the abstract of judgment. If the
person is acquitted of the primary offense the stay shall be
permanent.
(e) If the person is convicted of a felony for the primary
offense, is sentenced to state prison for the primary offense, and is
convicted of a felony for the secondary offense, any sentence for
the secondary offense shall be consecutive to the primary sentence
and the aggregate term shall be served in the state prison, even if
the term for the secondary offense specifies imprisonment in county
jail pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.
(f) If the person is convicted of a felony for the primary
offense, is granted probation for the primary offense, and is
convicted of a felony for the secondary offense, any sentence for the
secondary offense shall be enhanced as provided in subdivision (b).
(g) If the primary offense conviction is reversed on appeal, the
enhancement shall be suspended pending retrial of that felony. Upon
retrial and reconviction, the enhancement shall be reimposed. If the
person is no longer in custody for the secondary offense upon
reconviction of the primary offense, the court may, at its
discretion, reimpose the enhancement and order him or her recommitted
to custody.