
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando AGUILAR-CHAVEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 00-50448.
    D.C. No. CR-99-03639-JTM.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted June 8, 2001.
    
    Decided June 27, 2001.
    Before KOZINSKI and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and WHYTE, District Judge.
    
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
    
      
      The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.
    
   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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