Section 1300 Of Article 10. Judgments From California Evidence Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 10.

. 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.