California Penal Code 1533 In the absence of such a direction, the warrant shall be served only between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Since Jason didn't get

California Penal Code 1533 In the absence of such a direction, the warrant shall be served only between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Since Jason didn't get home until 9:45 and the police had been there for 'a few hours already' it did not start as a night search. IANAL but it is up to someone else to say if that means that the police needed to stop at 10pm or not.