California · Evidence Code

EVID §1300: Evidence of a final judgment adjudging a person guilty of a crime punishable as a felony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in a civil action to prove any fact essential to the

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Final felony judgments are admissible as evidence in civil cases to prove facts underlying the judgment, even if based on a no-contest plea, and are not excluded as hearsay.

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Evidence of a final judgment adjudging a person guilty of a crime punishable as a felony is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered in a civil action to prove any fact essential to the judgment whether or not the judgment was based on a plea of nolo contendere.

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