Opinion ID: 2121015
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Heading: Presentence Confinement Credit

Text: Cohen last argues that the trial court improperly calculated his pretrial confinement credit. Cohen claims that he is entitled to 1,124 credit days rather than the 186 days awarded by the trial court. Cohen believes that he is entitled to credit for the 508 days apparently served in Illinois between January 28, 1984, when the Lake Superior Court sent a warrant as a detainer to the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, and June 19, 1985, when Cohen posted bond on the Indiana charges. Cohen also believes that he is entitled to 616 credit days for time served between October 10, 1985 and June 18, 1987. Cohen apparently served 434 of these 616 days in Illinois between October 10, 1985, when a detainer from Indiana was filed with the Cook County sheriff, and December 18, 1986, when Indiana took temporary custody over Cohen. Between December 18, 1986, and his sentencing on June 18, 1987, 182 days later, Cohen remained in Indiana custody. Pretrial credit days are granted under the credit time statute, Ind. Code § 35-50-6-3 (West 1986). As we stated in 1986: The determination of a defendant's pretrial credit is dependent upon two criteria: (1) pretrial confinement and (2) which was a result of the criminal charge for which sentence is now imposed. Dolan v. State (1981), Ind. App., 420 N.E.2d 1364... . However, when multistate charges have been filed against an appellant, he has the burden on appellate review to establish that his out-of-state confinement was a direct result of the criminal charges which were also filed against him by another state. Dorsey v. State (1986), Ind., 490 N.E.2d 260, 269; see also Bertucci v. State (1988), Ind. App., 528 N.E.2d 90, trans. denied. As stated in Burnett v. State (1982), Ind. App., 439 N.E.2d 174, 177, a detainer is not an arrest. Cohen has provided no evidence to show that either the January 28, 1984, detainer or the October 10, 1985, detainer served as a hold which would have caused Illinois to retain custody over the defendant even were no Illinois charges pending. Cf. Nutt v. State (1983), Ind. App., 451 N.E.2d 342, 345 (defendant held in Texas on both Texas and Indiana charges entitled to Indiana credit where Texas clearly incarcerated him on basis of Indiana hold). Cohen has not established any credit for the time between January 28, 1984 and June 19, 1985, or for the time between October 10, 1985, and December 18, 1986. Dorsey, 490 N.E.2d at 269; Bertucci, 528 N.E.2d at 91; Dolan, 420 N.E.2d at 1373. The trial court properly awarded credit only for the time that Cohen was actually held by Indiana between December 18, 1986, and June 18, 1987. Judgment affirmed. DeBRULER, GIVAN and PIVARNIK, JJ., concur. DICKSON, J., concurs in result.