Penal Code section 3078

(a)

The board shall notify the sentencing judge of an inmate’s application for parole.

(b)

The sentencing judge may make a recommendation regarding such application, and the board shall give careful consideration to such recommendation.

Source: Section 3078, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=3078. (updated Jan. 1, 1978; accessed Dec. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/penal_code_section_3078

Original Source: Section 3078, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=3078. (last accessed May 12, 2025).