{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-4850","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 4850","heading":"","body":"An application that has not received a recommendation from the Board of Parole Hearings favorable to the applicant shall not be forwarded to the Clerk/Executive Officer of the Supreme Court, unless the Governor, notwithstanding the fact that the board has failed to make a recommendation favorable to the applicant, especially refers an application to the justices for their recommendation.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 3. OF IMPRISONMENT AND THE DEATH PENALTY [2000. - 10008.]","TITLE 6. REPRIEVES, PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS [4800. - 4906.]","CHAPTER 3. Duties of Supreme Court [4850. - 4852.]"],"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":"584ae84c5a064fd764344f7343e5b89e9f167cd75507c0cddb487386bfcbd718","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-4813","next":"us-ca/pen-4851"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}