There is some overlap between crimes and torts, for example deliberately smacking a person in the head is the crime of battery and the tort of battery. If a person deliberately smacks another in the head, and causes harm to the other, they can be prosecuted and convicted for that crime. They can also be sued by the victim for the resulting damage.
If a person is prosecuted and convicted for the crime, can that fact subsequently be entered into evidence in a tort action against the person, as proof that the act happened and was caused by the defendant, making the only open legal question be what the damage was? Or, does the victim have to re-prove (to a different jury) that the act happened and that the defendant did it intentionally, as well as proving harm?
(My expectation is that the proof has to be replicated and the conviction cannot be introduced as evidence). Definitive case law, statutory or evidence-rule citations appreciated, as always. Any common law jurisdiction.
