CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
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Hearsay Exceptions re Statements
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Admissions: In General (Civil)
.........Use of Crim. Case Guilty Plea
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Criminal guilty plea admissible in subsequent civil action stemming from same incident as admission against interest of party.
Admission by motorist that he pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter admitted as admission against interest in action in which he was not party.
Guilty plea in prior criminal trial admissible in subsequent administrative disciplinary proceeding as admission of offense warranting discipline.