Court Opinion

ID: 7072470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 07:56:11.105295+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:12:38.694096
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM ***
Because the certified DMV records “fortifie[d], augment[ed], or supported]” Aguilar-Chavez’s post-arrest admission that he was not the owner of the truck, the corpus delicti rule was satisfied. See United States v. Corona-Garcia, 210 F.3d 973, 979 (9th Cir.2000).
Aguilar-Chavez’s post-arrest admission that he was not the owner of the truck, coupled with the DMV records, was sufficient to support the jury’s determination that Aguilar-Chavez’s earlier statement to Agent Nielsen-that he was the owner of the truck-was false. See United States v. Lopez-Alvarez, 970 F.2d 583, 589 (9th Cir.1992).
AFFIRMED.

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