Burdens of proof and persuasion in criminal trials.

Cf. United States v. Kenyon, 481 F.3d 1054, 1062-1063 (8th Cir. 2007) (holding that the testimony of physician's assistant [about the statements of the sexually abused child] was erroneously admitted as excited utterance because....A statement falls within the hearsay exception created by Federal Rule of Evidence 803(2) or a comparable State rule for excited utterances, only if the declarant (the maker of the statement) was under the stress of the startling event or condition when he or she made the statement that relates to that startling event or condition.

Fed. R. Evid. 803(15) ("A statement contained in a document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property if the matter stated was relevant to the purpose of the document, unless dealings with the property since the document was made have been inconsistent with the truth of the statement or the purport of the document.").There is a hearsay exception for a statement in a document (such as a deed) that purports to establish or affect an interest in property if the statement was relevant to the purpose of the document, unless dealings with the property since the document was made have been inconsistent with the truth of the statement or the purport of the document.

Fed. R. Evid. 803(14) ("The record of a document purporting to establish or affect an interest in property, as proof of the content of the original recorded document and its execution and delivery by each person by whom it purports to have been executed, if the record is a record of a public office and an applicable statute authorizes the...There is a hearsay exception for public records of documents affecting an interest in property.