Rule 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 …

If someone was found guilty of a serious crime (a felony) in criminal court, that conviction can be used as evidence in a civil lawsuit. This is true even if the person pleaded "no contest" instead of guilty.

For example, if someone was convicted of fraud, that conviction could be brought up in a separate civil case to help prove facts that were part of the crime. The court will allow this evidence even though it originally came from a different case.