The trial court consolidated defendant's trial with that of his codefendant, Jose Saldana, and denied defendant's motion for a severance. The defendant argued that the admission into evidence of a statement made by Saldana to a third-party witness, which directly implicated the defendant in the crime, would violate defendant's constitutional right to confrontation. Relying on the law applicable at that time (see, Parker v Randolph,
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