Rule 30.1 - Absolute Discharge(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) hereof, a defendant not brought to trial before the running of the time for trial, as extended by excluded periods, shall be absolutely discharged. This discharge shall constitute an absolute bar to prosecution for the offense charged and for any other offense required to be joined with that offense.(b) An incarcerated defendant not brought to trial before the running of the time for trial as provided by Rules 28.1-28.3 shall not be entitled to absolute discharge pursuant to subsection (a) hereof but shall be recognized or released on order to appear.(c) The time for trial of a defendant released pursuant to subsection (b) hereof shall be computed pursuant to Rules 28.1(b) and 28.2.