Upon conviction of a felony, relator was sentenced to additional punishment as a second offender, by reason of a prior felony conviction upon which the execution of sentence was suspended. A conviction upon which sentence or the execution thereof is suspended subjects a subsequent offender to increased punishment as a second offender (Code Crim. Pro., § 470-b), but may not be used to constitute him a third or fourth offender (People v. Shaw,
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