§ 12-28-5. Civil judgment against defendant.
(a) Upon his or her final conviction of a felony after a trial by jury, a civil judgment
shall automatically be entered by the trial court against the defendant conclusively
establishing his or her liability to the victim for any personal injury and/or loss
of property that was sustained by the victim as a direct and proximate cause of the
felonious conduct of which the defendant has been convicted. The court shall notify
the victim at his or her last known address of the entry of the civil judgment in
his or her favor and inform him or her that he or she must establish proof of damages
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§ 12-28-5. Civil judgment against defendant.
(a) Upon his or her final conviction of a felony after a trial by jury, a civil judgment
shall automatically be entered by the trial court against the defendant conclusively
establishing his or her liability to the victim for any personal injury and/or loss
of property that was sustained by the victim as a direct and proximate cause of the
felonious conduct of which the defendant has been convicted. The court shall notify
the victim at his or her last known address of the entry of the civil judgment in
his or her favor and inform him or her that he or she must establish proof of damages
in an appropriate judicial proceeding in order to recover for his or her injury or
loss. This section shall not apply to crimes set forth in title 31 arising from the
operation of a motor vehicle.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "victim� is one who has sustained personal injury
or loss of property directly attributable to the felonious conduct of which the defendant
has been convicted. In homicide cases, judgment shall enter for the benefit of those
parties eligible to commence a wrongful death action pursuant to chapter 7 of title 10.