The following excerpt is from USA. v. Murillo, 255 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 2001):
rental. Some of the road trips totaled within a few miles of each other --approximately the roundtrip distance between Santa Ana, California, and Yakima, Washington. Certain car rental entries were excluded because they were not sufficiently similar or were too remote in time. Based upon the relevant factors in Rule 404, the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting this car rental evidence. See United States v. Ramirez, 176 F.3d 1179, 1181-82 (9th Cir. 1999).
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