Judgments and order affirmed.
We agree with Criminal Term that Penal Law § 70.25 (2-b) is not violative of the ex post facto prohibition of the US Constitution, article I, § 10. The statute merely imposes a harsher sentence for criminal acts or omissions committed subsequent to its effective date; the effect of such a statute is not constitutionally proscribed (see, Weaver v Graham,
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