{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-3078","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 3078","heading":"","body":"(a) The board shall notify the sentencing judge of an inmate’s application for parole.\n(b) The sentencing judge may make a recommendation regarding such application, and the board shall give careful consideration to such recommendation.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","TITLE 1. IMPRISONMENT OF MALE PRISONERS IN STATE PRISONS [2000. - 3105.]","CHAPTER 8. Length of Term of Imprisonment and Paroles [3000. - 3089.]","ARTICLE 3.5. County Boards of Parole Commissioners [3074. - 3089.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"bad6bd3ee48a4bbaa8f3e8c7591e3b923d88a92b50db6f428f7696afa061cc78","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-3077","next":"us-ca/pen-3079"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}