The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Gambina, 988 F.2d 123 (9th Cir. 1993):
The 1973 conviction was quite remote, eighteen years. However, consistent with the analysis we articulated in United States v. Spillone, 879 F.2d 514 (9th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 111 S.Ct. 210 (1990), we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of this conviction. In Spillone, we approved the admission of a prior conviction for making an extortionate extension of credit, despite the fact that the conviction was at least ten years old. With regard to the remoteness of the conviction, we said:
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