§ Sec. 1300. Judgment of conviction of crime punishable as felony
§ 1300. Judgment of conviction of crime punishable as felony
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.