After traveling by train from Toronto, Canada, to New York City, a defendant is stopped in the rail station after a police dog sniffs heroin in his luggage. Latter, when on trial for knowingly possessing heroin, the defendant testifies that he was carrying the sealed box (containing the heroin) as a favor to a friend. The defendant testifies, "My friend Sammy told me that 'the box is full of Canadian maple syrup for Sammy's uncle.'"

If the prosecution objects that this testimony is hearsay, how should a court rule?