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During a corporate embezzlement trial, the accused confides in a coworker at lunch: "I took the funds last quarter." The coworker later testifies that the accused told him this. The defense objects that the utterance is hearsay. The prosecution contends it is admissible as an admission by a party-opponent. (a) Identify the central doctrine governing the admissibility of this out-of-court statement in testimonial evidence. (b) Apply the doctrine to the facts and determine whether the statement qualifies as an admission by a party-opponent and hence is admissible, or whether it should be excluded as hearsay.