Defendant correctly contends, and the People concede, that his adjudication as a persistent violent felony offender violates Penal Law § 70.08. Since defendant committed both prior crimes before he was sentenced on either, these convictions cannot both serve as predicate violent felony convictions as defined in Penal Law §§ 70.04, 70.08 (People v Morse,
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