Stout v. Borg-Warner Corp.

How later courts describe this case

• trial counsel’s closing argument in following strategy did not fall below objective standard of reasonableness
• court noted that, numerous state courts and a federal appeals court have concluded that passengers have standing under the Fourth Amendment to challenge an illegal traffic stop
• probable cause to search hidden compartments of camper shell based on smell of marijuana and observations that floor was raised above the level of track bed and that interior ceiling of camper shell was approximately one foot lower than roof
• failure to raise defects in indictment before trial constitutes waiver, and appellate court addresses a waived claim only where cause is shown justifying the granting of relief form waiver; if cause is shown,, the claim is evaluated under the plain error standard