I shot a man in where now?

This very serious question is courtesy of a relative of mine.

In "Folsom Prison Blues," Johnny Cash as the narrator says he ended up in Folsom Prison because he shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Reno is in the state of Nevada. Folsom Prison is a state prison--in the state of California. So what's he doing in Folsom?

Were all the Nevada state prisons so crowded that they arranged a transfer to California, which for some reason had room in its prisons? I could have sworn that it usually happens the other way around... Or is there some other explanation for this transfer between jurisdictions?

At least if he'd said "Tahoe" instead of "Reno," we could imagine he was on the California side. Or he could have shot someone in any California town of two syllables he pleased. Luckily for me, there are lots of handy lists for this sort of thing. Just looking at places ending in "-o," we get Fresno, Barstow, Chico, Igo, Ono, Yolo [County]... Or perhaps Chino, which conveniently has its own state prison nearby!

What's your favorite explanation for why shooting a man in Reno gets you sent to California, or your favorite alternate scene of the crime?