Jeffrey Teitloff appeals his conviction for using a social security number not assigned to him, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B) (1988). Teitloff contends that the district court 1 improperly denied his motion to suppress the evidence seized incident to his arrest and that there is insufficient evidence to support his conviction. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Teitloff-for offenses relating to stolen motor vehicles and tampering with vehicle identification numbers. On October 13,1993, United States deputy marshals executed an arrest warrant for Teitloff issued by the United States District Court. At the time of his arrest, Teitloff gave the deputies an Arkansas driver’s license that contained his photograph, but the name, address, and social security number of Ronаld Leslie Whitehead.
After his arrest, Teitloff moved to suppress the evidence seized from his business, arguing that local police officers had unlawfully searched the premises befоre a search warrant had been issued. The district court determined that the information used to obtain the search warrant was itself obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Therefоre, the court granted Teitloffs motion to suppress the evidence, and the indictment was' dismissed.
In connection with the falsified driver’s license recovered when Teitloff was arrested, the grand jury returned an indictment against Teitloff for one count of misrepresenting a social security number. Teitloff again filed a motion to suppress, arguing that if an arrest warrant had not been issued on the earlier indictment, the deputies would not have discovered the driver’s license. Teitloff argued that under the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine,
Wong Sun v. United States,
At trial, an Arkansas revenue agent described the process for obtaining a driver’s license. In order to receive a duрlicate license, an applicant must submit two documents from a specific list of acceptable identification. After the agent processes this information, the applicant signs an oath verifying that the information contained on the *393 driver’s license is correct., The agent then photographs the applicant and laminates the licensе.
On September 7,1993, the Arkansas Revenue Department issued a duplicate driver’s license that contained Ronald Whitehead’s name, address, and social security number. The issuing agent testified that an auto insurance policy and a DD 214 Military Record were submitted as proof of identification. The duplicate license, which contained Teit-loffs photograрh and was found in his possession, was admitted into evidence. Ronald Whitehead testified that he did not apply for a duplicate license and that one of his DD 214’s was missing. A representative for the Department of Health and Human Services certified that the social security account number listed on the duplicate license was not issued to Jeffrey Teitloff.
The jury fоund Teitloff guilty as charged. The district court sentenced Teitloff to four months incarceration at a half-way house, three years supervised release, and a $2000 fine. The court stayed the execution of Teit-loff s sentence pending a determination of his appeal to this Court.
II. DISCUSSION
A. Motion to Suppress
Teitloff argues that the evidence seized incident to his arrest should have bеen suppressed because he was the victim of a Fourth Amendment violation. We review the district court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to suppress for clear error.
United States v. Layne,
The exclusionary rule operates as a judicially created remedy to safeguard against future violation of a defendant’s - Fourth Amendment rights.
United States v. Leon,
If the purpose of the exclusionary rule is to deter unlawful police conduсt, then evidence obtained' from a search should be suppressed only if it can be said that the law enforcement officer had knowledge, or may properly be chargеd with knowledge, that the search was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. In short, where the officer’s conduct is objectively reasonable, excluding the evidence will not further the ends of the exclusionary rule in any appreciable way; for it is painfully apparent that ... the officer is acting as a reasonable officer would and should act in similar circumstances.
Id.
at 919-20,
In this case, the United States deputy marshals discovered the falsified driver’s license while acting on the authority of a validly issued arrest warrant, which was later determined to be supported by evidence that was obtained in violation of Teitloff s Fourth Amendment rights. The deputies were not involved and did not have any knowledge about the prior unlawful searches at Teitloff s business. There is absolutely no indication that the deputies were not acting in an objectively reasonable manner when they executed the arrest warrant. We conсlude that the district court properly admitted the evidence seized incident to Teitloffs arrest.
B. Sufficiency of the Evidence
In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence underlying a jury verdict, we examine the evidеnce in the light most favorable to the verdict, giving the government the benefit' of all reasonable inferences that tend to support it.
United States v. Ivey,
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In order to conviсt a defendant under 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B),
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the government must prove that the defendant: (1) for any purpose; (2) with the intent to deceive; (3) represented a particular social security account number to be his or another person’s; (4) which representation was false.
United States v. McKnight,
Relying on McKnight, Teitloff argues that mere possession of a driver’s license bearing another person’s sociаl security number cannot support a conviction under § 480(a)(7)(B). He argues that there was no evidence that he was the person who actually applied for the duplicate driver’s license. Alternatively, Teitloff claims that he did not technically “use” the social security number because the computer system automatically provided this information when he supplied Whitehead’s identification documents to the Arkansas revenue agent.
Teitloff misconstrues the holding of McKnight, where two of the panel members concurred and stated: “We write separately to make explicit that possession of an identification card bearing a false social security number can, in some instances, provide a sufficient predicate for a jury to рroperly infer that a defendant falsely represented a social security number in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B).” Id. at 1146. This is just such a case.
There was evidence that Whitehead did not apply for the duplicatе driver’s license, that some of his military records were missing, and that Teitloffs picture appeared on the laminated license. From this evidence, a reasonable jury could have inferred that Teitloff used Ronald Whitehead’s identification papers, and thus his social security number, to obtain the duplicate driver’s license. Despite Teitloffs protestations to the contrary, the jury simply refused to believe that some phantom third-party, rather than Teit-loff himself, procured the duplicate license. Although Teitloff argues that he did not orally misrepresent the social security number to the revenue agent, he signed the application verifying that this information was correct. We conclude that there was sufficient еvidence for the jury to rationally infer that Teitloff represented a false social security number in violation of § 408(a)(7)(B).
III. CONCLUSION
Accordingly, we affirm Teitloffs conviction.
Notes
. The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastеrn District of Arkansas.
. Section 408(a)(7) provides in relevant part: Whoever ... for the purpose of causing an increase in any payment authorized under this subchapter ... or for any оther purpose ... (B) with intent to deceive, falsely represents a number to be the social security account num-her assigned by the Secretary to him or to another person, when in fact such number is not the social security account number assigned by the Secretary to him or to such other person ... shall be guilty of a felony....