Section 4703 Of Chapter 5. Trials Of Prisoners From California Penal Code >> Title 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 5.
4703
. With the concurrence of the Attorney General, the district
attorney may transfer the responsibility for the prosecution of any
crime committed by prisoners in physical custody in the state prisons
in the district attorney's county. As used in this section, crimes
committed while in physical custody shall include escapes and
attempted escapes but shall not include any crimes committed while a
prisoner has been conditionally released from state prison on work
furlough, parole, or upon any other conditional release where the
inmate is in constructive but not actual physical custody.