BROWN, J.
The State charged Mork with theft on August 20, 2007 in Marion County. On March 10, 2008, Mork was sentenced to serve time in prison in another case in Steuben County. His earliest possible release date was 2011. On July 29, 2008, an initial hearing was held in this case, and Mork requested a speedy trial. The trial court scheduled a jury trial for September 4, 2008. On August 27, 2008, a pretrial conference was held, and the trial court vacated the trial date and released Mork on his own recognizance. On November 24, 2008, two days before the new trial date, Mork filed a Motion for Discharge pursuant to Ind. Criminal Rule 4(B). At a hearing on November 26, 2008, the trial court found Mork was not entitled to discharge under Ind. Criminal Rule 4(B) because he was released on his own recognizance within the applicable seventy-day time period and his subsequent incarceration was not due to the pending charges in this case. The trial court denied Mork’s motion and set trial for December 8, 2008. Following a bench trial, the trial court found Mork guilty of theft and sentenced him to two years in the Indiana Department of Corrections.
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Mork argues that “Indiana law recognizes that the protection afforded a defendant under CR4 are [sic] available to a defendant who requests early trial on one charge while being held in jail on another.” Appellant’s Brief at 7. In support of his argument, Mork cites Fossey v. State, 254 Ind. 173, 258 N.E.2d 616 (1970); Gill v. State, 267 Ind. 160, 368 N.E.2d 1159 (1977); and Jackson v. State, 663 N.E.2d 766 (Ind. 1996). In Poore v. State, 685 N.E.2d 36, 40 (Ind. 1997), the Indiana Supreme Court held that Fossey, Gill, and Jackson “stand for the proposition that incarceration due to the pending charge at issue need not be the only reason the defendant is in jail at the time the speedy trial is requested under Rule 4(B).” (Emphasis added). Based upon this language, we conclude that incarceration on a present offense must be a reason that the defendant is in jail. See also Poore, 685 N.E.2d at 38 (discussing the text of Rule 4(B) and holding that the phrase “held in jail on an indictment or affidavit” as used in Rule 4(B) “[a]lthough not entirely without ambiguity . . . clearly contemplates a defendant in custody on a pending criminal charge”) (emphasis added).
The record reveals that Mork requested a speedy trial on July 29, 2008, and the trial court released Mork on his own recognizance twenty-nine days later on August 27, 2008. Generally, “[o]nce released from custody, a defendant receives no further benefit from Crim. R. 4(B).” Williams, 631 N.E.2d at 487. Once the trial court released Mork from custody, he was no longer entitled to the benefits of Ind. Criminal Rule 4(B). See, e.g., id. at 486-487 (holding that “[o]nce released from custody, a defendant receives no further benefit from Crim. R. 4(B)”). Accordingly, the trial court did not err by denying Mork’s motion for discharge under Ind. Criminal Rule 4(B).
CRONE, J., and MAY, J., concur.