( CNN ) -- California Gov . Jerry Brown is considering whether to grant parole to a convicted murderer who followed notorious killer Charles Manson , a spokeswoman for the governor said . Brown 's office received a formal recommendation from the state board parole Friday to release Bruce Davis , 70 , who would be the first Manson `` family '' member to secure freedom solely for good behavior . Brown has 30 days -- or until March 3 -- to either modify , affirm or reverse the parole board 's recommendation , a corrections spokeswoman said . In 2010 , Davis secured his first formal recommendation for parole by the state board , but then-Gov . Arnold Schwarzenegger reversed the board 's decision . Davis was sent to prison on April 21 , 1972 , for the 1969 first-degree murders of musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Donald `` Shorty '' Shea . Davis is serving a life sentence . Judge declines to reverse order giving Manson follower tapes to police . Michael Beckman , Davis ' attorney , urged Brown to grant parole . If the case were not connected to Charles Manson , Davis would have already been released by now , Beckman said . He called it `` not fair . '' `` He earned it , '' Beckman said . `` I think the governor should respect the work by his parole board . That hearing took five or six hours . They took into account everything about Bruce . And they did n't grant him parole as a favor . They did n't grant him parole on a whim . They considered it very carefully , '' Beckman said . Two men relate to same haunting specter -- Charles Manson . In 2010 , the parole board said that Davis had not been disciplined since 1980 and participated in all available education , vocation and self-help programs . Davis is one of several imprisoned followers of Manson , 78 , who is serving a life sentence for nine murders . Manson led his `` family '' of followers in a deadly spree in 1969 , whose victims included eight-months-pregnant actress Sharon Tate . Last year , Manson was denied parole for the 12th time . Manson , whose gruesome killings inspired the best-selling book `` Helter Skelter , '' will be up for parole again 15 years from now , when he would be 92 . CNN 's Michael Cary contributed to this report .
`` He earned it , '' defense attorney says of recommendation . California parole board formally recommends parole for Bruce Davis , 70 . Governor must modify , affirm or reverse the recommendation in 30 days . Davis is serving a life sentence for 1969 first-degree murders of two men .