What are the different rules of evidence and procedure in civil actions against criminal defendants?

So far as different rules of evidence and procedure are concerned they are of little consequence. Penal Code, 1102 provides: 'The rules of evidence in civil actions are applicable also to criminal actions, except as otherwise provided in this Code.' People v. Murphy, 45 Cal. 137, 144: 'The general rules of evidence when observed, and the relaxations of those rules when permitted, are ordinarily the same, whether the particular case be civil or criminal in its character.'