OPINION
YEGAN, J.—
A person who commits a simultaneous crime and a tort answers in two independent actions. Settlement of a tort claim in civil court operates independently of a settlement in criminal court. As we shall explain, the "People of the State of California" are not bound by a waiver of rights in civil court. Any purported...
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