Whether the district court erred in its rulings that prevented the defendant from receiving a fair trial

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Mr. Gerson Serrano-Ramirez was tried and convicted on in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Prior to and during trial, the District Court made various erroneous rulings that prevented Mr. Serrano-Ramirez from receiving a fair trial to which he is entitled. I. THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED MR. SERRANO-RAMIREZ’S MOTION TO SEVER OFFENSES Il. THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED WHEN IT IMPROPERLY PERMITTED THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLICT EVIDENCE IN CONTRAVENTION OF FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 404(b) Il. THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED WHEN IT FAILED TO PROHIBIT THE GOVERNMENT FROM REFERENCING MR. SERRANO-RAMIREZ’S ALLEGED GANG AFFLIATION IV. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT MR. SERRANO-RAMIREZ’S CONVICTION IN COUNT FIVE OF THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AS THERE WAS NO PROOF THE WEAPON WAS AN AUTHENTIC FIREARM V. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT MR. SERRANO-RAMIREZ’S CONVICTION IN COUNT EIGHT OF THE SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AS THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE HE WAS MAINTAINING A PREMISES FOR THE PURPOSE DISTRIBUTING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES VI. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT MR. SERRANO-RAMIREZ’S CONVICTION IN COUNTS FOUR AND SIX AS THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT PROOF PRESENTED TO ESTABLISH THAT MR. SERRANO| RAMIREZ WAS IN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE