Evid. Code, § 1300 · Article 10. Judgments
Evid. Code, § 1300
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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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 390, Sec. 2.
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