Concurrent sentences were required because the two convictions were based on the same act (see Penal Law § 70.25 [2]). Defendant's act of punching the victim in the face while he was on top of her was the force necessary to subdue her in furtherance of the attempted rape (see e.g. People v Carmona,
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